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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2015
Analogic Corporation, Peabody, MA (US);
Doug Q. Abraham, Topsfield, MA (US);
Basak Ulker Karbeyaz, Concord, MA (US);
David Rozas, Brighton, MA (US);
ANALOGIC CORPORATION, Peabody, MA (US);
Abstract
Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems for counting detection events via a photon counting detector array is provided. A first instance where an amplitude of an electrical signal exceeds an event threshold is detected. The first instance is generated responsive to a first detection event at a detector cell. An event counter is disabled from counting other detection events at the detector cell for a first blocking interval. At a conclusion of the first blocking interval, the amplitude of the electrical signal is determined. Responsive to determining that the amplitude of the electrical signal is below the event threshold, an adjustment is made to an event count based upon the first detection event. Responsive to determining that the amplitude of the electrical signal exceeds the event threshold, the event counter is disabled from counting other detection events at the detector cell for a second blocking interval.