Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and associated methods for computed tomography
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Application No.: US15769235Application Date: 2016-10-07
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Publication No.: US10852256B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- Inventor: Martti Voutilainen
- Applicant: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Harrington & Smith
- Priority: EP15191855 20151028
- International Application: PCT/FI2016/050698 WO 20161007
- International Announcement: WO2017/072398 WO 20170504
- Main IPC: G01N23/046
- IPC: G01N23/046 ; G01T1/29 ; G01T1/36

Abstract:
An apparatus, method and computer program for operating an apparatus. The apparatus comprises: a scintillator and an array of photodetectors; the scintillator configured to be rotatable around the periphery of a computed tomography scanner, the scintillator configured to receive X-rays incident on the scintillator, convert the received X-rays to visible light and transmit the visible light towards a corresponding photodetector of the array of photodetectors; and the array of photodetectors fixed around the periphery of the computed tomography scanner, each of the photodetectors in the array of photodetectors configured to output an electrical signal in response to detecting the visible light received from the scintillator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180299390A1 AN APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY Public/Granted day:2018-10-18
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