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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2015
Analogic Corporation, Peabody, MA (US);
Doug Q. Abraham, Topsfield, MA (US);
Anton Deykoon, Arlington, MA (US);
Basak Ulker Karbeyaz, Concord, MA (US);
Analogic Corporation, Peabody, MA (US);
Abstract
Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are described for defining imaging modes and for operating a photon counting radiation imaging system. A set of imaging modes with different counting schemes may be defined such that counting schemes will count detection events of a set of radiation events in different manners. For example, a first counting scheme may count primary detection events in a primary counter and secondary detection events in a secondary counter. A second counting scheme may count primary and secondary detection events in the primary counter. A third counting scheme may merely count detection events occurring within a primary detector cell associated with the primary counter. A fourth counting scheme may combine energy of detection events into merged energy. A selected imaging mode may be applied to the photon counting radiation imaging system in order to achieve desired image scanning characteristics (e.g., spatial resolution, dose savings, spectral ability).