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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:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Geng Fu, Rexford, NY (US);
Floribertus P M Heukensfeldt Jansen, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Hua Qian, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Xiao Jin, Brookfield, WI (US);
Jianjun Guo, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/2018 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are utilized to improve the timing performance of SiPM based PET detectors with light-sharing configuration. The universal readout design utilizes adaptive group readout to process noisy and slow signals generated by SiPM devices, and provides enhanced timing capabilities with simplified readout electronics.