Patents by Inventor Jiyang Chu

Jiyang Chu 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).

  • Hybrid detector modules and dynamic thresholding for spectral CT
    Patent number: 9861324
    Abstract: A system and method that comprises an X-ray source configured to emit an X-ray beam; an object positioned to receive the X-ray beam; a detector configured to receive an attenuated beam of the X-rays through the object for measuring projection data from various orientations that can be used to generate spectral images in terms of energy-dependent linear attenuation coefficients, and a detector, as described above, comprising one or more energy-integrating detector elements and one or more photon counting detector elements in one or more detectors array or separate detector arrays. The photon counting detector elements may also use dynamic thresholds to define energy windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Ge Wang, Jiyang Chu, Wenxiang Cong
  • Hybrid Detector Modules and Dynamic Thresholding for Spectral CT
    Publication number: 20160128650
    Abstract: A system and method that comprises an X-ray source configured to emit an X-ray beam; an object positioned to receive the X-ray beam; a detector configured to receive an attenuated beam of the X-rays through the object for measuring projection data from various orientations that can be used to generate spectral images in terms of energy-dependent linear attenuation coefficients, and a detector, as described above, comprising one or more energy-integrating detector elements and one or more photon counting detector elements in one or more detectors array or separate detector arrays. The photon counting detector elements may also use dynamic thresholds to define energy windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: Ge Wang, Jiyang Chu, Wenxiang Cong