Patent ID: 9277894
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: A61B,G01T

Claim Text:
1. A patient imaging system comprising: a support platform configured to support a human patient to be imaged; a digital X-ray dosimeter configured to receive incident radiation prior to passing through the patient, said digital radiation dosimeter comprising a substrate, an electrode electrically coupled to a conductive interconnect, a photodiode layer, and a scintillator layer, said digital radiation dosimeter comprising a thickness of less than about four millimeters; an X-ray source positioned on a same side of the support platform as said digital radiation dosimeter; and an imaging X-ray detector positioned on a side opposite of the support platform from said X-ray source and said digital X-ray dosimeter, where said digital X-ray dosimeter is configured to measure a peak skin radiation dose to the patient accumulated as a function of position of the patient and said X-ray source.