SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING IMAGES USING AN X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM

Improvement of the dynamic range of a radiation detector is described. In one embodiment, one or more non-destructive readout operations are performed during a radiation exposure event to acquire data used to improve the dynamic range of the detector. In one implementation, one or more non-destructi...

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Main Authors Tkaczyk John Eric, Klausz Remy Andre, Jacob Biju, Lai Hao
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 04.05.2017
Subjects
MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
MEASURING
PHYSICS
TESTING
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Summary:Improvement of the dynamic range of a radiation detector is described. In one embodiment, one or more non-destructive readout operations are performed during a radiation exposure event to acquire data used to improve the dynamic range of the detector. In one implementation, one or more non-destructive readouts of pixels are performed prior to saturation of the pixels during an X-ray exposure so as to obtain non-saturated measurements at the pixels. In an additional implementation, non-destructive readouts of pixels are performed between exposure events so as to obtain an estimate of electronic noise during a multi-exposure examination.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201514927244