Patents Assigned to Institut de Física D'Altes Energies
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Publication number: 20240085580Abstract: A Proton Computer Tomography (pCT) system comprising: a position tracker, able to reconstruct the proton trajectory within the body; an energy detector, able to reconstruct the proton energy; wherein, the position tracker is made up of four Depleted Monolithic Active Pixel Sensors (DMAPS) placed in pairs at either side of a phantom, and the energy detector is a Super Thin Range Telescope located downstream comprising a plastic-scintillator made of layers of thin polystyrene bars oriented in alternate axis, perpendicular to the proton beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicants: INSTITUT DE FISICA D'ALTES ENERGIES ( IFAE)-THE BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND, University of Geneva, Birmingham UniversityInventors: Thorsten Lux, Federico Joaquin Sanchez Nieto, Tony Price, César Jesús Valls, Marc Granado González
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Patent number: 11766228Abstract: An auxiliary device attachable to a mammography machine having an X-ray source and an X-ray receptor having a receptor area. The auxiliary device includes a housing having a length, width, and thickness, wherein the length and width of the housing are adapted to a length and width of the receptor area. The auxiliary device further includes one or more attachments for attaching the auxiliary device to the mammography machine, and a detector inside the housing. The detector includes a slab of semiconductor material, an electrode on a first side of the slab, and a pixelated electrode detector on the second side of the slab, and a read-out circuit bonded to the pixelated electrode detector, and the read-out circuit being configured for spectral photon counting with two or more energy bins. Methods for medical imaging are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: INSTITUT DE FÍSICA D'ALTES ENERGIES (IFAE)Inventor: Mokhtar Chmeissani Raad
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Patent number: 11141117Abstract: Examples of systems and methods for monitoring metabolic activity and detectors for detecting photons are disclosed. The methods can include detection in a front and a rear detector of a photon to determine a Compton cone. This Compton cone may be combined with further Compton cone, or Line of Response calculation to determine an origin of nuclear decay. In examples of the systems and methods, substantially real-time visualization of nuclear decay can be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: INSTITUT DE FISICA D'ALTES ENERGIESInventors: Mokhtar Chmeissani Raad, Machiel Kolstein
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Patent number: 10996350Abstract: A method for photon counting for pixels in a pixelated detector is disclosed, wherein for each of the pixels, one or more neighbouring pixels are defined. The method comprises receiving a charge in one or more of the pixels and comparing for each of the pixels the charge with a trigger threshold. If the charge in a pixel is above the trigger threshold, the charge is registered in the pixel after a registration delay, wherein the registration delay is dependent on the level of the charge received in the pixel in such a way that a registration delay decreases with increasing charge. A counter for a pixel is incremented when the charge is registered and an increment of a counter of the neighbouring pixels is inhibited. Pixelated semiconductor detectors are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: INSTITUT DE FÍSICA D'ALTES ENERGIESInventors: Mokhtar Chmeissani Raad, Machiel Kolstein, José Gabriel Macías Montero
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Patent number: 8497484Abstract: A device (10) for detecting highly energetic photons, comprising one or more pixelated solid-state detectors (11) for detecting the highly energetic photons; means for providing a high voltage for polarizing said solid-state detectors; one or more pixelated readout elements (30), a readout element being connected to each of said one or more pixelated solid-state detectors (11); an input/output element (12) connected to said readout elements (30) for data input and output; and a base layer (13) for mounting the pixelated solid-state detectors (11), the readout elements (30) and the input/output element (12).Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2009Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignees: Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies and X-Ray Imatek, S.L., Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientificasInventors: Mokhtar Chmeissani Raad, José M. Álvarez Pastor, Carlos Sánchez Sánchez
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Publication number: 20110253901Abstract: A device (10) for detecting highly energetic photons, comprising one or more pixelated solid-state detectors (11) for detecting the highly energetic photons; means for providing a high voltage for polarizing said solid-state detectors; one or more pixelated readout elements (30), a readout element being connected to each of said one or more pixelated solid-state detectors (11); an input/output element (12) connected to said readout elements (30) for data input and output; and a base layer (13) for mounting the pixelated solid-state detectors (11), the readout elements (30) and the input/output element (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2009Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicants: INSTITUT DE FISICA D'ALTES ENERGIES, X-RAY IMATEK, S.L, CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICASInventors: Mokhtar Chmeissani Raad, José M. Álvarez Pastor, Carlos Sanchez Sanchez
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Patent number: 7702065Abstract: The invention relates to a digital system (1) for performing stereotaxic biopsies with a biopsy needle. The inventive system (1) comprises a series of devices which are used to: emit X-rays, detect and transform X-ray photons into electric signáis, position a tissue sample between the X-ray source and the detector, process the electric signáis, and genérate images. The system can also be equipped with a series of devices complementary to those mentioned above, as well as a means for positioning the aforementioned devices in two positions and obtaining images in two different orientations.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2005Date of Patent: April 20, 2010Assignees: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Institut de Fisica d'Altes Energies, Udiat Centre Diagnostics, S.A.Inventors: Manuel Lozano Fantoba, Miguel Ullan Comes, Melcior Sentis I Criville, Mokhtar Chmeissani
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Patent number: 7184518Abstract: In the method are repeated the stages of: exposing (6) a zone of a sample to the X-rays through a collimator, exposing only the parts of the sample placed between it and some secondary boards of a main board; obtaining (7) the data generated by exposure of the sample; and moving (8) the mobile support to another zone of the sample. Next, the data to obtain a complete digital image are processed. The device comprises a source of X-rays, a data-gathering device, a detection module which has a main board upon which are arranged secondary boards, a collimator fitted between the main board and the source of X-rays; and a unit for processing the data. A continuous image without size limitation is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2002Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: Institut de Física D'Altes EnergiesInventors: Mokhtar Chmeissani, Enrique Fernandez