Multiple discriminator PET with pileup event detection
US8921796B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 27, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/171
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A positron emission tomography (PET) system includes a PET detector configured to generate energy signals indicative of a set of events at the PET detector, a first discriminator coupled to the PET detector and configured to generate a primary timing signal in response to a primary event of the set of events, a second, derivative-based discriminator coupled to the PET detector and configured to generate a pileup timing signal in response to a piled-up event of the set of events, and a logic circuit to gate the primary and pileup timing signals of the first and second discriminators.
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