Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radiation imaging apparatus, drive method and program of the radiation imaging apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 辐射成像设备,辐射成像设备的驱动方法和程序
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Application No.: US12247491Application Date: 2008-10-08
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Publication No.: US07732776B2Publication Date: 2010-06-08
- Inventor: Katsuro Takenaka , Tadao Endo , Toshio Kameshima , Tomoyuki Yagi , Keigo Yokoyama
- Applicant: Katsuro Takenaka , Tadao Endo , Toshio Kameshima , Tomoyuki Yagi , Keigo Yokoyama
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2007-293522 20071112
- Main IPC: G01T1/20
- IPC: G01T1/20

Abstract:
Provided is a radiation imaging apparatus including: a conversion unit including a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally, wherein each of the pixels includes a conversion element for converting incident radiation into an electric charge and a switching element for transferring an electric signal based on the electric charge; a drive circuit unit for outputting, to the switching element, a drive signal having a voltage for turning on the switching element; a read-out circuit unit for reading out the electric signal from the pixel; a calculating unit for calculating the S/N ratio of the electric signal read out by the read-out circuit unit; and a determination unit capable of changing the voltage of the drive signal output from the drive circuit unit according to the S/N ratio calculated. As a result, the radiation imaging apparatus capable of improving the S/N ratio of the derived image is provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090121143A1 RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, DRIVE METHOD AND PROGRAM OF THE RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-05-14
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