High resolution flat panel for radiation imaging
First Claim
1. A flat panel for radiation imaging comprising:
- a radiation transducer to be exposed to incident radiation;
an array of pixels on one side of said radiation transducer, each of said pixels including a storage capacitor to store signal charge proportional to the exposure of said radiation transducer to radiation in the vicinity of said pixels;
a plurality of gate lines interconnecting the rows of pixels in said array, said gate lines receiving gate pulses to allow said pixels to be selected on a row-by-row basis;
a plurality of source lines interconnecting the columns of pixels in said array to allow signal charges held by the storage capacitors of said selected pixels to be sensed, at least one pair of adjacent pixels in each row sharing a source line; and
control means to control selection of the pixels sharing a source line so that the signal charge stored by the storage capacitor of only one pixel of each pair can be sensed by way of a shared source line at a time when said row of pixels is selected.
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Abstract
A high resolution flat panel for radiation imaging includes an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Gate lines interconnect the pixels of the rows while source lines interconnect the pixels of the columns. Gate driver circuits provide gate pulses to the gate lines in succession in response to input from a control circuit to select the pixels on a row-by-row basis. The source lines lead to charge amplifiers for sensing the signal charges stored by the pixels when the pixels are selected. At least one pair of adjacent pixels in each row of the array shares a source line. Gating of the pairs of pixels in the rows that share a source line is controlled by control logic to ensure that signal charges stored by only one of those pixels is applied to a shared source line at a time. This allows the number of charge amplifiers in the flat panel to be reduced while maintaining high resolution.
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15 Claims
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1. A flat panel for radiation imaging comprising:
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a radiation transducer to be exposed to incident radiation;
an array of pixels on one side of said radiation transducer, each of said pixels including a storage capacitor to store signal charge proportional to the exposure of said radiation transducer to radiation in the vicinity of said pixels;
a plurality of gate lines interconnecting the rows of pixels in said array, said gate lines receiving gate pulses to allow said pixels to be selected on a row-by-row basis;
a plurality of source lines interconnecting the columns of pixels in said array to allow signal charges held by the storage capacitors of said selected pixels to be sensed, at least one pair of adjacent pixels in each row sharing a source line; and
control means to control selection of the pixels sharing a source line so that the signal charge stored by the storage capacitor of only one pixel of each pair can be sensed by way of a shared source line at a time when said row of pixels is selected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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