ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,487, issued on March 17, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Photon detector, detector device and imaging apparatus" was invented by Thomas Frach (Aachen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a photon detector, a detector device and an imaging apparatus for detection of radiation, in particular gamma radiation. The photon detector comprises a direct conversion detector (11) configured to detect gamma radiation and generate direct conversion signals responsive to impingement of photons, a single photon avalanche diode. SPAD, detector array (12) comprising a plurality ...