Patent ID: 7122802

Claim:
A detector for an imaging system comprising: an array of pixels forming rows and columns, and configured to generate signals based upon radiation impacting the detector; a plurality of scan lines and data lines, each one of the scan lines coupled to a respective row of pixels and each one of the data lines coupled to a respective column of pixels; a readout subcircuit for selectively coupling the rows of pixels to the respective scan lines and columns of pixels to the respective data lines for read out of the signals, the readout subcircuit recharging a charge on the rows of pixels discharged by the impact of the radiation, and measuring the charge required to restore the charge on a first row of pixels;and a convert subcircuit configured to convert the measurement on a first row of pixels, while a second row of pixels is simultaneously recharged; and an output subcircuit configured to transfer converted data to a data acquisition system, the converted data of the first row of pixels configured to be transferred concurrently as a third row of pixels is recharged and the measurement of the second row of pixels is converted.