QUANTITATIVE PULSE SELECTION FOR PHOTON-COUNTING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNING SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20230228888A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US18065045

    申请日:2022-12-13

    CPC classification number: G01T1/17 A61B6/032 A61B6/4241

    Abstract: One embodiment is a method for counting charge events detected by a pixel in a photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) scanning system comprising a plurality of discriminators, wherein each discriminator is associated with a respective one of a plurality of threshold voltage levels. The method includes detecting a signal output from one of the discriminators; incrementing a quantitative count corresponding to the threshold voltage level associated with the one of the discriminators if the detected discriminator output signal meets a first condition; and incrementing a qualitative count if the detected discriminator output signal meets at least one second condition.

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