ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,677, issued on July 29, was assigned to TELEDYNE DALSA B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Energy-resolving photon counting detector pixel" was invented by Willem Johannes Kindt (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Bart Willem Jan Van Baarle (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy-resolving photon counting detector pixel. The energy-resolving photon counting detector may include a plurality of such pixels. In an embodiment, the detector pixel is operable in a calibration mode, in which mode an offset unit determines a correction signal to be provided to the detecting unit and/or to the comparing unit for correcting an of...