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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2014
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Daniel Gagnon, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Gin Chung Wang, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
A photon-counting system includes photon-counting detectors that output photon-counting signals to indicate a number of photons impinging on the photon-counting detectors. The system also includes analog-to-digital conversion circuits, which convert one of the photon-counting signals into a digital photon-counting signals, and a processor that processes the digital photon-counting signals to extract information from the photon-counting signals. The information extracted can include a photon-counting rate. An intelligent multiplexer that, based on the photon-counting rate, modifies interconnection of the photon-counting detectors and analog-to-digital conversion circuits and provides digital photon-counting signals for a selected set of the analog-to-digital converters to the processor.