Flat-Panel Detectors with Avalanche Gain

Background

Active matrix flat-panel imagers (AMFPI) based on active matrix thin film transistor (TFT) arrays are the most promising technology for digital x-ray imaging due to their compact size, rapid readout, and better imaging performance than screen films.

Technology

A flat panel detector, comprising of a phosphor screen for receiving x-rays and converting the x-rays into optical photons, produce electrical charges from the photons and create an active matrix for detecting electrical charges. This allows for a system to generate good image quality at a very low dose.

Advantages

- Better imaging quality - Deeper reach in areas of dense skin tissue - More accurate

Application

- Cancer research - Radiation therapy - Health sciences - Hospitals - Clinical - Cancer

Patent Status

 

Stage Of Development

2006-0054835

Licensing Potential

 

Licensing Status

Available for licensing.

Additional Info

 

https://stonybrook.technologypublisher.com/files/sites/habqopsctswtmkuskbqm_dereo_flat_panel_detector.jpg DeReO Flat panel detector. Source: Wikimedia/RadXman, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DeReO_Flat_panel_detector.jpg, CC BY SA 3.0.
Patent Information:
Case ID: R7716
For Information, Contact:
Donna Tumminello
Assistant Director
State University of New York at Stony Brook
6316324163
donna.tumminello@stonybrook.edu
Inventors:
Wei Zhao
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