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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Geng Fu, Rexford, NY (US);
Adrian Ivan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Jianjun Guo, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Hao Lai, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Hua Qian, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Xiao Jin, Brookfield, WI (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A SiPM readout circuit includes a front-end circuit having amplifiers coupled to SiPM analog outputs, pixel readout channels coupled to amplifiers provide a timing signal representing gamma ray photon detection in individual SiPM, a block timing channel that creates a summed signal from all SiPMs, and generates a block timing signal and a validation signal, an energy channel that generates a summed energy signal and a two-dimensional position of the gamma ray photon detection in the block, and a control logic/processing circuit that performs a time stamp estimation method. Methods of determining the radiation event timing and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-readable instructions to implement the methods are disclosed.