Charge sharing correction methods for pixelated radiation detector arrays
US10928527B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 9, 2018 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 11, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/249
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Various aspects include methods of compensating for issues caused by charge sharing between pixels in pixel radiation detectors. Various aspects may include measuring radiation energy spectra with circuitry capable of registering detection events occurring simultaneous or coincident in two or more pixels, adjusting energy measurements of simultaneous-multi-pixel detection events by a charge sharing correction factor, and determining a corrected energy spectrum by adding the adjusted energy measurements of simultaneous-multi-pixel detection events to energy spectra of detection events occurring in single pixels. Adjusting energy measurements of simultaneous-multi-pixel detection events may include multiplying measured energies of simultaneous-multi-pixel detection events by a factor of one plus the charge sharing correction factor.
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