Interaction characteristics from a plurality of pixels
AssigneeKromek Group, PLC
InventorsAlexander Cherlin, Ian Radley, James William Hugg
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a plurality of responses to an interaction occurring within a photon detector pixel array, wherein the photon detector pixel array comprises a plurality of pixels; identifying a subset of the plurality of pixels associated with the interaction, wherein each of the subset of the plurality of pixels corresponds to at least one of the plurality of responses; and determining, from the plurality of responses, a characteristic of the interaction, wherein the characteristic comprises at least one of: time, position, and energy of the interaction. Other aspects are described and claimed.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of responses to an interaction occurring within a photon detector pixel array, wherein the photon detector pixel array comprises a plurality of pixels, wherein the plurality of responses does not correspond to responses from a cathode of the photon detector pixel array;
- identifying a subset of the plurality of pixels associated with the interaction, wherein each of the subset of the plurality of pixels corresponds to at least one of the plurality of responses;
- and
- determining, from the plurality of responses, a characteristic of the interaction, wherein the characteristic comprises at least one of:
- time, position, and energy of the interaction.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a photon detector pixel array comprising a plurality of pixels;
- a processor operatively coupled to the photon detector pixel array;
- a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive a plurality of responses to an interaction occurring within the photon detector pixel array, wherein the plurality of responses does not correspond to responses from a cathode of the photon detector pixel array;
- identify a subset of the plurality of pixels associated with the interaction, wherein each of the subset of the plurality of pixels corresponds to at least one of the plurality of responses;
- and
- determine, from the plurality of responses, a characteristic of the interaction, wherein the characteristic comprises at least one of:
- time, position, and energy of the interaction.
A product, comprising:
- a storage device that stores code, the code being executable by a processor and comprising:
- code that receives a plurality of responses to an interaction occurring within a photon detector pixel array, wherein the photon detector pixel array comprises a plurality of pixels, wherein the plurality of responses does not correspond to responses from a cathode of the photon detector pixel array;
- code identifies a subset of the plurality of pixels associated with the interaction, wherein each of the subset of the plurality of pixels corresponds to at least one of the plurality of responses;
- and
- code that determines, from the plurality of responses, a characteristic of the interaction, wherein the characteristic comprises at least one of:
- time, position, and energy of the interaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.