WO2009019660A3 - Silicon photomultiplier trigger network - Google Patents

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WO2009019660A3
WO2009019660A3 PCT/IB2008/053164 IB2008053164W WO2009019660A3 WO 2009019660 A3 WO2009019660 A3 WO 2009019660A3 IB 2008053164 W IB2008053164 W IB 2008053164W WO 2009019660 A3 WO2009019660 A3 WO 2009019660A3
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silicon photomultiplier
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Gordian Prescher
Thomas Frach
Andreas Thon
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Philips Intellectual Property and Standards GmbH
Koninklijke Philips NV
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Priority to CN200880102281.4A priority patent/CN101861527B/en
Priority to EP08807262.4A priority patent/EP2176686B1/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
    • G01T1/00—Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation
    • G01T1/16—Measuring radiation intensity
    • G01T1/161—Applications in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting
    • G01T1/164—Scintigraphy
    • G01T1/1641—Static instruments for imaging the distribution of radioactivity in one or two dimensions using one or several scintillating elements; Radio-isotope cameras
    • G01T1/1642—Static instruments for imaging the distribution of radioactivity in one or two dimensions using one or several scintillating elements; Radio-isotope cameras using a scintillation crystal and position sensing photodetector arrays, e.g. ANGER cameras
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
    • G01T1/00—Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation
    • G01T1/16—Measuring radiation intensity
    • G01T1/24—Measuring radiation intensity with semiconductor detectors
    • G01T1/248—Silicon photomultipliers [SiPM], e.g. an avalanche photodiode [APD] array on a common Si substrate

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Abstract

An apparatus (208) includes a plurality of photosensors (310). Photon trigger signals produced in response to signals from the sensors are received by a trigger line network that includes segment (302), intermediate (304), and master (306) lines. The trigger network is configured to reduce a temporal skew introduced by the trigger line network. Validation logic (324) provides a trigger validation output signal (610).
PCT/IB2008/053164 2007-08-08 2008-08-06 Silicon photomultiplier trigger network Ceased WO2009019660A2 (en)

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US12/672,074 US8319186B2 (en) 2007-08-08 2008-08-06 Silicon photomultiplier trigger network
CN200880102281.4A CN101861527B (en) 2007-08-08 2008-08-06 Silicon photomultiplier trigger network
EP08807262.4A EP2176686B1 (en) 2007-08-08 2008-08-06 Silicon photomultiplier trigger network
US13/646,888 US8395125B1 (en) 2007-08-08 2012-10-08 Silicon photomultiplier trigger network

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