Universal readout for silicon photomultiplier based detectors

    公开(公告)号:US09945965B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-17

    申请号:US15228300

    申请日:2016-08-04

    CPC classification number: G01T1/2018

    Abstract: A SiPM readout circuit includes a front-end circuit having amplifiers coupled to SiPM analog outputs, pixel readout channels coupled to amplifiers provide a timing signal representing gamma ray photon detection in individual SiPM, a block timing channel that creates a summed signal from all SiPMs, and generates a block timing signal and a validation signal, an energy channel that generates a summed energy signal and a two-dimensional position of the gamma ray photon detection in the block, and a control logic/processing circuit that performs a time stamp estimation method. Methods of determining the radiation event timing and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-readable instructions to implement the methods are disclosed.

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