Spatially variant PMT cluster constitution and spatially variant PMT weights
US5508524A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 3, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 3, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/208
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A system including circuitry within a gamma camera system for generating spatially variant photomultiplier cluster based on a peak photomultiplier and for generating spatially variant weights for photomultipliers of the cluster depending on a cluster type signal. The system includes a first memory circuit addressed by a peak photomultiplier address signal and responsive thereto which generates (1) a unique photomultiplier cluster in geometry and size for the peak photomultiplier and (2) a cluster type. A resolution input signal (high/low) changes the size of the cluster. The first memory is programmable. A second memory responsive to photomultiplier addresses of the cluster and the cluster type, generates weight values for each photomultiplier. The second memory is programmable. The second memory allows weights for individual photomultipliers to be altered based on the geometry and size (e.g., type) of the cluster generated by the first memory. The system can effectively operate within a digital gamma camera system.
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