Patents by Inventor Francis Anghinolfi

Francis Anghinolfi 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).

  • Apparatus and method for medical imaging
    Patent number: 8598536
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus for use in medical imaging including a readout circuit having an input for receiving a detection signal corresponding to a photon hitting a radiation detector, wherein the readout circuit is adapted to output, in response to receiving said detection signal, a pulse signal having a leading edge encoding a time-stamp of said photon and a width encoding the energy of said photon. A method of reading out detection signals from a radiation detector of a medical imaging apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: CERN—European Organization For Nuclear Research
    Inventors: Pierre Jarron, Francis Anghinolfi, Jorgen Christiansen
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL IMAGING
    Publication number: 20100078569
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus for use in medical imaging including a readout circuit having an input for receiving a detection signal corresponding to a photon hitting a radiation detector, wherein the readout circuit is adapted to output, in response to receiving said detection signal, a pulse signal having a leading edge encoding a time-stamp of said photon and a width encoding the energy of said photon. A method of reading out detection signals from a radiation detector of a medical imaging apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research
    Inventors: Pierre Jarron, Francis Anghinolfi, Jorgen Christiansen