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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara, JP;
Inventors:
Yi Qiang, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Kent C. Burr, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Peng Peng, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Xiaoli Li, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Assignee:
CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2006.01); G01T 1/29 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/2985 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 6/5258 (2013.01);
Abstract
A circuit for receiving signals from a photodetector array arranged to detect signals generated by a crystal includes a plurality of summing circuits having weighting circuits, the summing circuits being configured to produce outputs corresponding to a total energy of the signals, a position of the signals in a first dimension of the photodetector array, a position of the signals in a second dimension of the photodetector array, and a radius of a charge distribution of the signals.