Hybrid scintillator / photo sensor & direct conversion detector
First Claim
1. A hybrid scintillation/direct conversion computed tomography (CT) imaging system comprising:
- a gantry, wherein said gantry defines a patient cavity and includes an x-ray source and a radiation detection apparatus, wherein said radiation detection apparatus includes a first radiation detector and a second radiation detector and wherein said x-ray source and said radiation detection apparatus are rotatingly associated with said gantry so as to be separated by said patient cavity;
a patient support structure movingly associated with said gantry so as to allow communication with said patient cavity; and
a processing device, wherein said processing device is communicated with said radiation detection apparatus.
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Abstract
A hybrid scintillation/direct conversion computed tomography (CT) imaging system including: a gantry, wherein the gantry defines a patient cavity and includes an x-ray source and a radiation detection apparatus, wherein the radiation detection apparatus includes a first radiation detector and a second radiation detector and wherein the x-ray source and the radiation detection apparatus are rotatingly associated with the gantry so as to be separated by the patient cavity; a patient support structure movingly associated with the gantry so as to allow communication with the patient cavity; and a processing device, wherein the processing device is communicated with the radiation detection apparatus. In addition, a method for differentiating material characteristics using a hybrid scintillation/direct conversion imaging system including: obtaining the hybrid scintillation/direct conversion imaging system, wherein the hybrid scintillation/direct conversion imaging system includes a radiation source and a radiation detector apparatus having a first radiation detector and a second radiation detector; operating the imaging system so as to cause the radiation source to emit a radiation beam toward the radiation detector apparatus such that the first radiation detector generates first detector data and the second radiation detector generates second detector data; and processing the first detector data and the second detector data so as to generate image data. In an alternative embodiment, a medium encoded with a machine-readable computer program code for differentiating material characteristics using a hybrid scintillation/direct conversion imaging system, the medium including instructions for causing a controller to implement the aforementioned method.
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45 Claims
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1. A hybrid scintillation/direct conversion computed tomography (CT) imaging system comprising:
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a gantry, wherein said gantry defines a patient cavity and includes an x-ray source and a radiation detection apparatus, wherein said radiation detection apparatus includes a first radiation detector and a second radiation detector and wherein said x-ray source and said radiation detection apparatus are rotatingly associated with said gantry so as to be separated by said patient cavity;
a patient support structure movingly associated with said gantry so as to allow communication with said patient cavity; and
a processing device, wherein said processing device is communicated with said radiation detection apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for differentiating material characteristics using a hybrid scintillation/direct conversion imaging system comprising:
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obtaining the hybrid scintillation/direct conversion imaging system, wherein the hybrid scintillation/direct conversion imaging system includes a radiation source and a radiation detector apparatus having a first radiation detector and a second radiation detector;
operating the imaging system so as to cause said radiation source to emit a radiation beam toward said radiation detector apparatus such that said first radiation detector generates first detector data and said second radiation detector generates second detector data; and
processing said first detector data and said second detector data so as to generate image data. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A medium encoded with a machine-readable computer program code for differentiating material characteristics using a hybrid scintillation/direct conversion imaging system, wherein the hybrid scintillation/direct conversion imaging system includes a radiation source and a radiation detector apparatus having a first radiation detector and a second radiation detector, said medium including instructions for causing controller to implement a method comprising:
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operating the imaging system so as to cause said radiation source to emit a radiation beam toward said radiation detector apparatus such that said first radiation detector generates first detector data and said second radiation detector generates second detector data; and
processing said first detector data and said second detector data so as to generate image data. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A hybrid scintillation/direct conversion imaging system, comprising:
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a gantry, wherein said gantry defines a patient cavity and includes a radiation source and a radiation detection apparatus, wherein said radiation detection apparatus includes a first radiation detector and a second radiation detector and wherein said radiation source and said radiation detection apparatus are rotatingly associated with said gantry so as to be separated by said patient cavity;
a patient support structure movingly associated with said gantry so as to allow communication with said patient cavity; and
a processing device, for obtaining data from said first radiation detector and said second radiation detector. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer data signal, comprising:
code configured to cause a processor to implement a method for differentiating material characteristics using a hybrid scintillation/direct conversion imaging system, wherein the hybrid scintillation/direct conversion imaging system includes a radiation source and a radiation detector apparatus having a first radiation detector and a second radiation detector, the method further comprising;
operating the imaging system so as to cause said radiation source to emit a radiation beam toward said detector apparatus such that said first radiation detector generates first detector data and said second radiation detector generates second detector data; and
processing said first detector data and said second detector data so as to generate image data. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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