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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Chang Lyong Kim, Brookfield, WI (US);
David Leo McDaniel, Dousman, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for signal communication in gamma ray detectors are provided. One gamma ray detector includes a scintillator block having a plurality of scintillator crystals and a plurality of light sensors coupled to the scintillator crystals and having a plurality of microcells. Each of the plurality of light sensors have a local summing point in each of a plurality of signal summing regions, wherein the local summing points are connected to the plurality of microcells. The plurality of light sensors also each include a main summing point connected to the plurality of local summing points, wherein the main summing point is located a same distance from each of the local summing points.