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US 2010/0135463 A1Published application
X-ray image obtaining/imaging apparatus and method
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDong-Goo Kang, Young Hun Sung, Jong Ha Lee, Sung Su Kim
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Abstract
An X-ray image obtaining/imaging apparatus and method. An X-ray image may be obtained using an X-ray sensor that is divided into pixel blocks including a plurality of pixels. Each pixel may respectively include a scintillator layer, with the scintillator layers having differing characteristics.
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An X-ray image obtaining apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a sensor unit including a scintillator panel to generate light upon incidence of at least one X-ray, the sensor unit being divided into pixel blocks including a plurality of pixels, the scintillator panel includes a plurality of scintillator layers respectively corresponding to the plurality of pixels, and the scintillator layers have differing layer characteristics;
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- an image generating unit to generate a plurality of first X-ray images using an electronic signal transduced from the light, and generate a second X-ray image based on the plurality of first x-ray images.
An X-ray image obtaining apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a radiation unit to radiate X-rays toward an object, the radiation unit comprising a first radiation unit to radiate a plurality of first X-rays and a second radiation unit to radiate a polychromatic X-ray;
- a sensor unit to detect the X-rays after irradiation of the object, the sensor unit including a first scintillator panel divided into pixel blocks including a plurality of pixels and a second scintillator panel, the second scintillator panel having even thicknesses for adjacent pixels, the first scintillator panel and the second scintillator panel including a plurality of scintillator layers respectively corresponding to each respective plurality of pixels, and the scintillator layers having differing layer characteristics;
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- an image generating unit to generate an X-ray image of the object using the detected X-rays.
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An electromagnetic radiation sensing apparatus for obtaining an X-ray image, comprising:
- a plurality of divided pixel blocks including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including a scintillator layer;
- a first scintillator layer, included in a first pixel of the plurality of pixels, to generate light from an incident first electromagnetic emission spectrum;
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- a second scintillator layer, included in a second pixel of plurality of pixels, to generate light from an incident second electromagnetic emission spectrum.
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An electromagnetic radiation sensing apparatus for obtaining an X-ray image, comprising:
- a plurality of divided pixel blocks including a plurality of pixels, as a sensor unit, each of the plurality of pixels including a scintillator layer to generate light upon incidence of at least one X-ray, the scintillator panel including a plurality of scintillator layers respectively corresponding to the plurality of pixels, and the scintillator layers have differing layer characteristics of at least one of thickness of respective scintillator layers and type of materials of the respective scintillator layers.
An imaging apparatus, comprising:
- a radiation unit to radiate at least one electromagnetic radiation spectrum;
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- a sensor, to sense the at least one radiated electromagnetic radiation ray, divided into pixel blocks including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels includes a scintillator layer, with a first pixel of the plurality of pixels including a first scintillator layer that generates light upon incidence of a first electromagnetic radiation spectrum, and a second pixel of the plurality of pixels including a second scintillator that generates light upon incidence of a second electromagnetic radiation spectrum.
A method for obtaining an X-ray image, the method comprising:
- generating at least one X-ray signal based on light generated from a scintillator panel divided into pixel blocks including a plurality of pixels respectively corresponding to each of plural scintillator layers of the scintillator panel having differing layer characteristics;
- generating a plurality of first X-ray images based on the generated at least one X-ray signal;
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- generating a second X-ray image based on the plurality of first X-ray images.
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