Inventors:
Robert E. Melen - Saratoga CA
David A. Pearson - Sunnyvale CA
Joseph A. Heanue - Half Moon Bay CA
Stephen L. Shapiro - Los Altos Hills CA
Eugene L. Atlas - Carlsbad CA
Assignee:
Cardiac Mariners, Inc. - Los Gatos CA
International Classification:
A61B 603
Abstract:
An x-ray detector, useful in x-ray imaging systems constructed from a single piece of silicon and a photon sensing crystal, and comprises a plurality of detector elements, each of the plurality of detector elements comprising a plurality of detector sub-elements. A plurality of x-ray detectors are arranged in a multi-dimensional array, each array of detectors tiered with respect to the next array of detectors. A compact electronics circuitry is also provided. The compact electronics circuitry is contained in each of the plurality of detector sub-elements. The compact electronics circuitry comprises a photon sensor, an amplifier, a discriminator and a digital-to-analog converter. Finally, a method for generating x-ray transmissiveness information is also provided.