ACTIVE PIXEL SENSORS FOR PHOTON COUNTING X-RAY DETECTORS

    公开(公告)号:US20240341704A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18133051

    申请日:2023-04-11

    IPC分类号: A61B6/00 G01T1/24

    CPC分类号: A61B6/4241 G01T1/247 A61B6/03

    摘要: A photon counting detector includes a plurality of detector sub-modules. Each detector sub-module includes a semiconductor substrate. Each detector sub-module also includes a plurality of active pixels configured to act as detector elements disposed on the semiconductor substrate. Each detector sub-module further includes a plurality of traces extending from the plurality of active pixels to readout circuitry. Each active pixel of the plurality of active pixels is coupled to a respective trace of the plurality of traces. Each active pixel includes an amplification stage configured to generate an output signal based on a current pulse output generated by the active pixel. The photon counting detector also includes the readout circuitry configured to directly read out the output signals from the plurality of active pixels, wherein the readout circuitry is separate from the plurality of detector sub-modules.

    Positron emission tomography detecting device

    公开(公告)号:US11822025B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US17013689

    申请日:2020-09-07

    发明人: Ting Lu

    摘要: A PET detecting device may include a plurality of detection modules and a processing engine. Each of the plurality of detection modules may include a scintillator array, one or more photoelectric converters, one or more energy information determination circuits and a time information determination circuit. The scintillator array may interact with a plurality of photons at respective interaction points to generate a plurality of optical signals. The one or more photoelectric converters may convert the plurality of optical signals to one or more electric signals that each include an energy signal and a time signal. The one or more energy information determination circuits may generate energy information based on the one or more energy signals. The time information determination circuit may generate time information based on the one or more time signals. The processing engine may generate an image based on the energy information and the time information.