Methods and systems for determining timing recovery information in a positron emission tomography (pet) system
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorChang Lyong Kim
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Abstract
A method and system for determining timing recovery information in a positron emission tomography (PET) system. One method includes determining energy information from pairs of light sensors of detectors of the TOF PET system, determining timing information from the pairs of light sensors of the detectors of the TOF PET system and calculating timing recovery information using the determined energy and timing information.
Claims22
A method for determining timing recovery information in a Time-of-Flight (TOF) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) system, said method comprising:
- determining energy information from pairs of light sensors of detectors of the TOF PET system;
- determining timing information from the pairs of light sensors of the detectors of the TOF PET system;
- and
- calculating timing recovery information using the determined energy and timing information.
A Time-of-Flight (TOF) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) system comprising:
- a plurality of detector elements configured to acquire scan data, the detector elements having scintillator crystals with pairs of light sensors;
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- a processor configured to calculate timing recovery information by determining energy information from the pairs of light sensors of detectors and determining timing information from the pairs of light sensors.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium to determine timing recovery information for a Time-of-Flight (TOF) Positron Emission Tomography (PET) system using a processor, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions to command the processor to:
- determine energy information from pairs of light sensors of detectors of a TOF PET system;
- determine timing information from the pairs of light sensors of the detectors of the TOF PET system;
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- calculate timing recovery information using the determined energy and timing information.
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