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US 12,702,374 B2

X-ray detector and control method

US 12,702,374 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-11. Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.

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Applicant
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Inventors
Akira NISHIJIMA
Publication date
2026-08-11
Filing date
2024-03-05
Document type
B2 Granted patent
Also written as
US 12,702,374 B2 · US12702374 · 12702374

Abstract

An X-ray detector according to an embodiment is an X-ray detector of photon counting type including a plurality of detection elements and a voltage supply device configured to supply the detection elements with a voltage for reading out electric charges accumulated in the detection elements irradiated with X-rays, and the X-ray detector includes processing circuitry configured to: identify target elements from among the detection elements based on information that is acquired during a CT scan using the X-ray detector, each of the target elements causing a large current to flow through a circui…

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