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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2010
Christian Baeumer, Hergenrath, BE;
Christoph Herrmann, Aachen, DE;
Roger Steadman, Aachen, DE;
Walter Ruetten, Linnich, DE;
Christian Baeumer, Hergenrath, BE;
Christoph Herrmann, Aachen, DE;
Roger Steadman, Aachen, DE;
Walter Ruetten, Linnich, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An imaging system includes a scintillator array () and a digital photomultiplier array (). A photon counting channel (), an integrating channel (), and a moment generating channel () process the output signal of the digital photomultiplier array (). A reconstructor () spectrally resolves the first, the second and the third output signals. In one embodiment, a controller () activates the photon counting channel () to process the digital signal only if a radiation flux is below a predetermined threshold. An imaging system includes at least one direct conversion layer () and at least two scintillator layers () and corresponding photosensors (). A photon counting channel () processes an output of the at least one direct conversion layer (), and an integrating channel () and a moment generating channel () process respective outputs of the photosensors (). A reconstructor () spectrally resolves the first, the second and the third output signals.