US 12,070,347 B2
Systems, methods, and devices for multi-energy ray imaging
Arundhuti Ganguly, San Jose, CA (US); Gary F. Mrshup, Cupertino, CA (US); Michelle Richmond, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Billy Dan Jones, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/228,236.
Application 17/531,150 is a division of application No. 16/854,096, filed on Apr. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,213,266, issued on Jan. 4, 2022.
Application 18/228,236 is a continuation of application No. 18/106,286, filed on Feb. 6, 2023, granted, now 11,771,388.
Application 18/106,286 is a continuation of application No. 17/531,150, filed on Nov. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,602,319, issued on Mar. 14, 2023.
Application 16/854,096 is a continuation of application No. 15/601,068, filed on May 22, 2017, granted, now 10,695,020, issued on Jun. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/446,246, filed on Jan. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0371914 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2024.01); G21K 1/10 (2006.01); H05G 1/58 (2006.01); H05G 1/60 (2006.01); A61B 6/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/50 (2024.01); G01N 23/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/04 (2018.01); H01J 35/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 6/484 (2013.01) [A61B 6/482 (2013.01); G21K 1/10 (2013.01); H05G 1/58 (2013.01); H05G 1/60 (2013.01); A61B 6/04 (2013.01); A61B 6/50 (2013.01); A61B 6/54 (2013.01); G01N 23/00 (2013.01); G01N 23/04 (2013.01); H01J 35/045 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method for image readout from an imaging device, comprising:
using the imaging device to detect a series of individual X-ray pulses of alternating first and second pulses, each pulse being generated during a corresponding image frame; and
synchronizing readout of the imaging device with timing of the X-ray pulses within their respective image frames,
wherein the synchronizing includes reading out so that the readout within each image frame coincides with a respective on and off period associated with the X-ray pulse within the image frame, and
wherein a time interval between an end of the first X-ray pulse in the first image frame and a start of the second X-ray pulse in the second image frame is variable.