US Patent Issued to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE on Nov. 18 for "Photon counting computed tomography (PCCT) detector sensor repair for increased sensor yield" (Wisconsin, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,877, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Photon counting computed tomography (PCCT) detector sensor repair for increased sensor yield" was invented by Nicholas R Konkle (Sussex, Wis.), Brian D Yanoff (Niskayuna, N.Y.) and John M Boudry (Waukesha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for repairing a defective segment of a sensor array of a photon counting detector of a photon counting computed tomography (PCCT) imaging system. In one example, a method for a PCCT imaging system comprises dividing a segment of the sensor array into a plurality of sub-segments...