US Patent Issued to Hologic on July 1 for "Photon flux modulation to improve dynamic range in photon counting detectors" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,841, issued on July 1, was assigned to Hologic Inc. (Marlborough, Mass.).

"Photon flux modulation to improve dynamic range in photon counting detectors" was invented by Thomas L. Kelly (Marlborough, Mass.), Cornell Lee Williams (Marlborough, Mass.), Snezana Bogdanovich (Marlborough, Mass.), Robert Gorman (Marlborough, Mass.) and Marc Hansroul (Marlborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for improving radiographic scanning. In an example, the technology relates to a system for performing radiographic scanning. The system includes a photon source configured to emit photons. The system also includes a photon cou...