US Patent Issued to Canon Medical Systems on March 25 for "Detector module, X-ray computed tomography apparatus and X-ray detection device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,089, issued on March 25, was assigned to Canon Medical Systems Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Detector module, X-ray computed tomography apparatus and X-ray detection device" was invented by Akira Nishijima (Nasushiobara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a detector module includes a direct-conversion semiconductor crystal, a first electrode provided on a first surface side of the semiconductor crystal, and a plurality of second electrodes provided on a second surface side of the semiconductor crystal opposite to the first electrode with the semiconductor crystal therebetween. The first electrode includes a...