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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
Huini Du, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Gin Chung Wang, Grayslake, IL (US);
Jerry Wang, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Huini Du, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Gin Chung Wang, Grayslake, IL (US);
Jerry Wang, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Otawara-shi, JP;
Abstract
A process and system including a detector having a photosensor therein that outputs a signal and a plurality of after-pulse detector devices independently connected to the photosensor via respective pathways. The after-pulse detector devices each detecting an after-pulse in the signal, where the after-pulse represents an after-event in the photosensor triggered from a previous photon generating event. The system further includes a processing device that receives an indication of the detection of the after-pulse from each of the plurality of after-pulse detector devices and determines a relative delay between the respective pathways based on timing the received indications, and includes a memory that stores the relative delay in association with an identification of the corresponding after-pulse detector devices.