Self correcting portable digital radiography detector, methods and systems for same

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9195899
APP PUB NO 20130182934A1
SERIAL NO

13349881

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Embodiments of radiographic imaging systems and/or methods can monitor the state of calibration of a digital x-ray detector, the detector including a solid state sensor with a plurality of pixels, an optional scintillating screen and at least one embedded microprocessor. In one embodiment, a method can use a computer or the embedded microprocessor or both, for setting a calibration operating mode of the portable detector; taking a plurality of dark images in the calibration mode; determining a dark difference image between pixel readings between two of the plurality of dark images; identifying pixels in the dark difference image that differ by over a threshold amount from at least some surrounding pixels in the dark difference image as defective pixels.

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  • CARESTREAM HEALTH, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chang, Jeff Hsin Rochester, US 9 97
Heiler, Gregory N Hilton, US 10 144
Topfer, Karin Rochester, US 16 544

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