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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Everett W Stoub, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Raymond P DeVito, Palatine, IL (US);
Anthony Del Medico, Niles, IL (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Gammasonics, Inc., Des Plaines, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36441313 ; 2503635 ;
Abstract
Upon the detection of a scintillation event at an event pixel, a plurality of associated pixels are identified. Weights are assigned to the event pixel and to all of the associated pixels in such a manner as to attribute the event over an area in a statistically accurate manner. A current sum of all weights which have been previously assigned to each pixel is stored. Unblank signals are generated, based upon this current sum, and the current sum is updated to account for the number of unblank signals so generated.