US Patent Issued to GE Precision Healthcare on March 11 for "High-resolution detector having a reduced number of pixels" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,108, issued on March 11, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"High-resolution detector having a reduced number of pixels" was invented by Uwe Wiedmann (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Biju Jacob (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and Brian David Yanoff (Schenectady, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phase-contrast imaging detector includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a detection material that generates a measurable parameter in response to X-ray photons. Each pixel also includes a plurality of sub-pixel resolution readout structures. The sub-pixel resolution readout structures are in an alternating pattern with a sp...