IMPROVED DATA-PROCESSING ELECTRONICS FOR USE IN A POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM

摘要

Improved processing electronic hardware are disclosed that facilitate the efficient processing of PET system data, while enhancing accuracy and compatibility of PET systems with other analytical methods (e.g., magnetic resonance imaging). Improvements include the use of an application- specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for summing, by row, column, and diagonal, the output signals from an array of photodetectors in the PET system