An X-ray detector according to embodiments is an X-ray detector of a direct conversion type in which a plurality of X-ray detection elements are arranged in a column direction and a channel direction and voltage is applied between anodes and cathodes. The X-ray detector includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry performs control so as not to use, for generation of image data, data from the X-ray detection elements in end portions in one of the column direction and the channel direction of the X-ray detection elements, and so as to use, for generation of image data, data from the X-ray detection elements in other than the end portions.

An X-ray detector according to embodiments is an X-ray detector of a direct conversion type in which a plurality of X-ray detection elements are arranged in a column direction and a channel direction and voltage is applied between anodes and cathodes. The X-ray detector includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry performs control so as not to use, for generation of image data, data from the X-ray detection elements in end portions in one of the column direction and the channel direction of the X-ray detection elements, and so as to use, for generation of image data, data from the X-ray detection elements in other than the end portions.

One embodiment is a method for binning charge events in a photon-counting CT scanning system comprising a plurality of discriminators, wherein each discriminator is associated with a respective one of a plurality of threshold voltage levels, the method comprising detecting a transition in a signal output from one of the discriminators; and incrementing a count corresponding to the threshold voltage level associated with the one of the discriminators only if the detected discriminator output signal transition was immediately preceded by an opposite transition in the discriminator output signal.

To optimize an image quality and/or a sensitivity, a Compton camera is adaptable. A scatter detector and/or a catcher detector may move closer to and/or further away from a patient and/or each other. This adaptation allows a balancing of the image quality and the sensitivity by altering the geometry.

Disclosed herein is an apparatus comprising: a radiation detector; a collimator; wherein the collimator and the radiation detector are configured to collectively translate relative to a radiation source along a direction without relative movement the collimator and the radiation detector; wherein the collimator comprises a plurality of planar plates parallel to one another; and wherein the planar plates are not parallel to the direction.

Systems and methods for improving radiographic scanning. In an example, the technology relates to a system for performing radiographic scanning. The system includes a photon source configured to emit photons. The system also includes a photon counting detector for detecting photons emitted from the photon source after passing through a target. The photon counting detector comprising first pixels having a first size and second pixels having a second size, and the first size is greater than the second size.

An image sensor including a pixel array which includes pixels for sensing a reflected signal, incident on the pixel array to form reflected light spots separated from each other. Each pixel includes a photodetector and a readout circuit. The photodetector is configured to detect the reflected signal and output a photo response signal. The readout circuit is configured to generate a pixel output according to the photo response signal. The pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel along a first predetermined direction. The readout circuit of the first pixel is adjacent to the photodetector of the second pixel along the first predetermined direction, and adjacent to the photodetector of the first pixel along a second predetermined direction perpendicular to the first predetermined direction. The pixel array has a small pixel pitch and a high fill factor.

To optimize image quality and/or sensitivity, a Compton camera is adaptable. The scatter and/or catcher detectors may move closer to and/or further away from a patient and/or each other. This adaptation allows a balancing of image quality and sensitivity by altering the geometry.

An image sensor including a pixel array which includes pixels for sensing a reflected signal, incident on the pixel array to form reflected light spots separated from each other. Each pixel includes a photodetector and a readout circuit. The photodetector is configured to detect the reflected signal and output a photo response signal. The readout circuit is configured to generate a pixel output according to the photo response signal. The pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel along a first predetermined direction. The readout circuit of the first pixel is adjacent to the photodetector of the second pixel along the first predetermined direction, and adjacent to the photodetector of the first pixel along a second predetermined direction perpendicular to the first predetermined direction. The pixel array has a small pixel pitch and a high fill factor.

Disclosed herein is a method, comprising: capturing portion images of scene portions (i), i=1, . . . , N of a scene with radiation detectors of an image sensor. For i=1, . . . , N, Qi portion images of the scene portion (i) are respectively captured by Qi radiation detectors of the P radiation detectors, Qi being an integer greater than 1. The Qi portion images are of the portion images. The method further includes, for i=1, . . . , N, generating an enhanced portion image (i) from the Qi portion images of the scene portion (i). Generating the enhanced portion image (i) is based on positions and orientations of the Qi radiation detectors with respect to the image sensor and displacements between Qi imaging positions of the scene with respect to the image sensor. The scene is at the Qi imaging positions when the Qi radiation detectors respectively capture the Qi portion images.