Imagers in radiation therapy environment
AssigneeSiemens Healthineers International AG
InventorsDaniel Morf, Martin Amstutz
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Abstract
An imager includes: an array of imager elements configured to generate image signals based on radiation received by the imager; and circuit configured to perform readout of image signals, wherein the circuit is configured to be radiation hard. An imager includes: an array of imager elements configured to generate image signals based on the radiation received by the imager; and readout and control circuit coupled to the array of imager elements, wherein the readout and control circuit is configured to perform signal readout in synchronization with an operation of a treatment beam source.
Claims20
A method of performing signal readout in synchronization with operation of a treatment beam source comprising:
- reading out a first subset of image signals for an image frame based on radiation received by an imager;
- providing a treatment beam pulse;
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- reading out a second subset of the image signals for the image frame after the treatment beam source has provided the treatment beam pulse, the second subset of the image signals being different from the first subset of the image signals.
An imaging circuit for use in performing signal readout in synchronization with operation of a treatment beam source, the imaging circuit configured to:
- readout a first subset of image signals for an image frame based on radiation received by an imager;
- and
- read out a second subset of the image signals for the image frame after the treatment beam source has provided a treatment beam pulse, the second subset of the image signals being different from the first subset of the image signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.