United States
US 12,697,079 B2
Overlapping pixel summing scheme in the full size photon counting computed tomography (CT)
US 12,697,079 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-04. Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.
- Applicant
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors
- Xiaohui ZHAN; Ilmar HEIN; Ruoqiao ZHANG
- Publication date
- 2026-08-04
- Filing date
- 2022-07-12
- Document type
- B2 Granted patent
- Also written as
- US 12,697,079 B2 · US12697079 · 12697079
Abstract
A photon counting detector (PCD) apparatus includes a PCD array including a plurality of micro-pixels positioned in at least one of a channel direction and a row direction; and processing circuitry configured to: receive signals from each of the plurality of micro-pixels; configure the PCD array to include (a) a first micro-pixel area including a first group of plural micro-pixels of the plurality of micro-pixels and (b) a second micro-pixel area including a second group of plural micro-pixels of the plurality of micro-pixels, such that a portion of the first and second groups of plural micro-…
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