US Patent Issued to Canon on Sept. 8 for "Detector module unit, radiation detector, and X-ray computed tomography apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,237, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Detector module unit, radiation detector, and X-ray computed tomography apparatus" was invented by Masao Takayasu (Shimotsuke, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detector module unit according to an embodiment includes a detecting element array, signal processing circuitry, a holding plate, and a casing. In the detecting element array, a plurality of detecting elements each configured to convert radiation into an electrical signal are arranged. The signal processing circuitry is configured to process the electrical signals. The holding plate is configured to hold the de...