ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,023, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Tochigi, Japan).
"X-ray CT apparatus, X-ray detector, and control method" was invented by Akira Nishijima (Nasushiobara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An X-ray CT apparatus according to an embodiment includes: an X-ray detector of photon counting type including a plurality of detection elements and a voltage supply device configured to supply the detection elements with a voltage for reading out electric charges accumulated in the detection elements irradiated with X-rays; and processing circuitry configured to identify a target element from among the detecti...