发明名称 |
Apparatus and method for channel count reduction in solid-state-based positron emission tomography |
摘要 |
An apparatus and method for channel count reduction in solid-state-based positron emission tomography that multiplexes read-outs from photo-detectors using a sum delay circuit, including a sum channel and a delay-sum channel. The sum channel sums signals from sensors in an array and is digitized to extract the timing and energy information. A delay-sum channel includes a discrete delay line that introduces a known delay after each sensor, creating a time signature for the sensor, followed by a summing circuit that adds the delayed signals. The delay-sum channel is digitized using a high speed counters to extract location information. Start and Stop signals for the counter are derived when the sum channel output and the delay-sum channel output cross a pulse ID threshold, respectively. The pulse ID threshold is chosen to minimize the Compton scatter and not clip the photo-peak events. |
申请公布号 |
US9176240(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.11.03 |
申请号 |
US201213552155 |
申请日期 |
2012.07.18 |
申请人 |
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba;Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation |
发明人 |
Gagnon Daniel;Junnarkar Sachin S. |
分类号 |
G01T1/208;G01T1/164 |
主分类号 |
G01T1/208 |
代理机构 |
Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. |
代理人 |
Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. |
主权项 |
1. A data acquisition device for a gamma ray detector, comprising:
a summing circuit configured to sum a plurality of electrical signals from a corresponding plurality of sensors coupled to an array of scintillation crystals to generate a first signal, the plurality of sensors converting received light into the plurality of electrical signals, wherein the light is generated by a crystal of interaction in response to incident gamma rays generated by an annihilation event; a delay summing circuit configured to selectively delay and sum the plurality of electrical signals to generate a second signal; a first circuit configured to receive the first signal and to determine an energy and an event time of the first signal; and a second circuit configured to receive the first signal and the second signal and to determine, based on when the first and second signals respectively exceed a predetermined threshold, which sensor of the plurality of sensors corresponds to a location of the crystal of interaction. |
地址 |
Tokyo JP |