公开(公告)号：US07583790B2

公开(公告)日：2009-09-01

申请号：US11677963

申请日：2007-02-22

申请人： David M. Hoffman ,  James Walter LeBlanc ,  John Eric Tkaczyk ,  Robert F. Senzig ,  Yanfeng Du

发明人： David M. Hoffman ,  James Walter LeBlanc ,  John Eric Tkaczyk ,  Robert F. Senzig ,  Yanfeng Du

IPC分类号： H05G1/64

CPC分类号： G01T1/2928 ,  A61B6/032 ,  A61B6/4241 ,  A61B6/5205

摘要： A CT detector capable of energy discrimination and direct conversion is disclosed. The detector includes multiple layers of semiconductor material with the layers having varying thicknesses. The detector is constructed to be segmented in the x-ray penetration direction so as to optimize count rate performance as well as avoid saturation. The detector also includes variable pixel pitch and a flexible binning of pixels to further enhance count rate performance.

公开(公告)号：US20090080601A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-26

申请号：US11861826

申请日：2007-09-26

申请人： John Eric Tkaczyk ,  James Wilson Rose ,  Wen Li ,  Jonathan D. Short ,  Yanfeng Du

发明人： John Eric Tkaczyk ,  James Wilson Rose ,  Wen Li ,  Jonathan D. Short ,  Yanfeng Du

IPC分类号： A61B6/03 ,  H05G1/58

CPC分类号： G01T1/249 ,  A61B6/032 ,  G01T1/24

摘要： A CT detector includes a direct conversion material configured to generate electrical charge upon reception of x-rays, a plurality of metallized anodes configured to collect electrical charges generated in the direct conversion material, at least one readout device, and a redistribution layer having a plurality of electrical pathways configured to route the electrical charges from the plurality of metallized anodes to the at least one readout device. A plurality of switches is coupled to the plurality of electrical pathways between the plurality of metallized anodes and the at least one readout device, wherein each of the plurality of switches includes an input line electrically coupled to one of the plurality of metallized anodes, a first output node electrically coupled to the at least one readout device, and a second output node electrically coupled to at least one other switch of the plurality of switches.

摘要翻译： CT检测器包括被配置为在接收X射线时产生电荷的直接转换材料，被配置为收集在直接转换材料中产生的电荷的多个金属化阳极，至少一个读出装置和具有多个 电路被配置为将电荷从多个金属化阳极路由到至少一个读出装置。 多个开关耦合到多个金属化阳极与至少一个读出装置之间的多个电路径，其中多个开关中的每一个包括电耦合到多个金属化阳极之一的输入线，第一 电耦合到所述至少一个读出装置的第二输出节点，以及电耦合到所述多个开关中的至少一个其他开关的第二输出节点。

公开(公告)号：US20080273666A1

公开(公告)日：2008-11-06

申请号：US11690245

申请日：2007-03-23

申请人： Deborah Joy Walter ,  Xiaoye Wu ,  John Eric Tkaczyk ,  Yanfeng Du

发明人： Deborah Joy Walter ,  Xiaoye Wu ,  John Eric Tkaczyk ,  Yanfeng Du

IPC分类号： H05G1/26

CPC分类号： A61B6/505 ,  A61B6/032 ,  A61B6/4241 ,  A61B6/481 ,  A61B6/583

摘要： A system and method of density and effective atomic number imaging include a computer programmed to acquire projection data from the detector of an unknown material at the time of projection data acquisition. The computer is also programmed to generate a density image for the unknown material based on a calibration of two or more known basis materials and to generate an effective atomic number (Z) for the unknown material based on the calibration of two or more known basis materials and based on a function arctan of a ratio of atomic numbers of the two or more known basis materials. The density and effective atomic number images are stored to a computer readable storage medium.

摘要翻译： 密度和有效原子序数成像的系统和方法包括被编程为在投影数据采集时从未知材料的检测器获取投影数据的计算机。 计算机还被编程为基于两种或多种已知基础材料的校准产生未知材料的密度图像，并且基于两种或更多种已知基础材料的校准来产生未知材料的有效原子序数（Z） 并且基于两种或多种已知基础材料的原子序数比的函数关系。 密度和有效原子序数图像被存储到计算机可读存储介质中。

公开(公告)号：US07382853B2

公开(公告)日：2008-06-03

申请号：US10904736

申请日：2004-11-24

申请人： Jerome S. Arenson ,  David Ruimi ,  Lev Greenberg ,  Yanfeng Du

发明人： Jerome S. Arenson ,  David Ruimi ,  Lev Greenberg ,  Yanfeng Du

IPC分类号： H05G1/26

CPC分类号： G01T1/1644 ,  A61B6/027 ,  A61B6/032 ,  A61B6/4241 ,  A61B6/482 ,  A61B6/583 ,  G01T1/1647 ,  G06T5/002 ,  G06T5/20 ,  G06T2207/10081 ,  G06T2207/30004 ,  G06T2207/30112 ,  Y10S378/901

摘要： An adaptive CT data acquisition system and technique is presented whereby radiation emitted for CT data acquisition is dynamically controlled to limit exposure to those detectors of a CT detector assembly that may be particularly susceptible to saturation during a given data acquisition. The data acquisition technique recognizes that for a given subject size and position that pre-subject filtering and collimating of a radiation beam may be insufficient to completely prevent detector saturation. Therefore, the present invention includes implementation of a number of CT data correction techniques for correcting otherwise unusable data of a saturated CT detector. These data correction techniques include a nearest neighbor correction, off-centered phantom correction, off-centered synthetic data correction, scout data correction, planar radiogram correction, and a number of others. The invention is applicable with energy discriminating CT systems as well as with conventional CT systems and other multi-energy CT systems, such as dual kVp-based systems.

摘要翻译： 提出了一种自适应CT数据采集系统和技术，其中动态地控制用于CT数据采集的辐射，以限制在给定数据采集期间可能特别容易饱和的CT检测器组件的那些检测器的暴露。 数据采集​​技术认识到，对于给定的主体大小和位置，预辐射滤波和辐射束的准直可能不足以完全防止检测器饱和。 因此，本发明包括实现用于校正饱和CT检测器的其他不可用数据的多个CT数据校正技术。 这些数据校正技术包括最近邻校正，偏心幻像校正，偏心合成数据校正，侦察数据校正，平面放射线图校正以及其他数目。 本发明适用于能量识别CT系统以及常规CT系统和其他多能CT系统，例如基于双kVp的系统。

公开(公告)号：US20080018505A1

公开(公告)日：2008-01-24

申请号：US11458713

申请日：2006-07-20

申请人： Oliver Richard Astley ,  John Eric Tkaczyk ,  Naresh Kesavan Rao ,  James Walter LeBlanc ,  Wen Li ,  Yanfeng Du

发明人： Oliver Richard Astley ,  John Eric Tkaczyk ,  Naresh Kesavan Rao ,  James Walter LeBlanc ,  Wen Li ,  Yanfeng Du

IPC分类号： H03M7/34

CPC分类号： G01T1/17

摘要： An adaptive data acquisition circuit (26) includes an amplifier (14) for amplifying electrical pulses generated by a detector (12) responsive to energy incident at the detector. The adaptive data acquisition circuit also includes a counting circuit (28) for counting amplified electrical pulses generated by the amplifier. In addition, the adaptive data acquisition circuit includes a digital logic circuit (30) for determining a pulse parameter indicative of a pulse rate and an amount of energy present in the amplified electrical pulses and for generating a control signal (34) responsive to the pulse parameter for controlling an operating parameter of the data acquisition circuit.

摘要翻译： 自适应数据采集电路（26）包括放大器（14），用于响应于在检测器处入射的能量放大由检测器（12）产生的电脉冲。 自适应数据采集电路还包括用于对由放大器产生的放大电脉冲进行计数的计数电路（28）。 另外，自适应数据采集电路包括数字逻辑电路（30），用于确定指示放大的电脉冲中存在的脉冲速率和能量的脉冲参数，并产生响应脉冲的控制信号（34） 用于控制数据采集电路的工作参数的参数。