Patents by Inventor Sean Michael Bacon

Sean Michael Bacon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • CONNECTORLESS X-RAY DETECTOR
    Publication number: 20190350543
    Abstract: A digital X-ray detector is provided. The detector includes a detector array configured to generate image data based on incident X-ray radiation. The detector also includes a housing in which the detector array is disposed. The detector is configured to be inductively charged and the detector lacks any external electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Mahesh Raman Narayanaswamy, Sean Michael Bacon, Nicholas Ryan Konkle, Joseph John Kulak, Habib Vafi
  • Methods and systems for gain calibration of pet detectors
    Patent number: 9798020
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for performing cathode calibration in a detector assembly. In one embodiment, a method comprises adjusting a cathode bias of a detector based on a total number of events occurring in the detector during a time period while maintaining an anode bias at a desired value, the events corresponding to photon energy detected by the detector. In this way, an automated cathode calibration procedure may be applied to calibrate the detector assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Chang Lyong Kim, William Todd Peterson, Vi-Hoa Tran, Sean Michael Bacon
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GAIN CALIBRATION OF PET DETECTORS
    Publication number: 20170052266
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for performing cathode calibration in a detector assembly. In one embodiment, a method comprises adjusting a cathode bias of a detector based on a total number of events occurring in the detector during a time period while maintaining an anode bias at a desired value, the events corresponding to photon energy detected by the detector. In this way, an automated cathode calibration procedure may be applied to calibrate the detector assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Chang Lyong Kim, William Todd Peterson, Vi-Hoa Tran, Sean Michael Bacon