Autonomous detector module as a building block for scalable PET and SPECT systems
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Jun 12, 2018
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Oct 6, 2011
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Nov 16, 2009
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Dec 10, 2008
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Abstract
When detecting scintillation events in a nuclear imaging system, time-stamping and energy-gating processing is incorporated into autonomous detection modules (ADM) (14) to reduce downstream processing. Each ADM (14) is removably coupled to a detector fixture (13), and comprises a scintillation crystal array (66) and associated light detect or (s) (64), such as a silicon photomultiplier or the like. The light detector(s) (64) is coupled to a processing module (62) in or on the ADM (14), which performs the energy gating and time-stamping.
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- A61B Class
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