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US 7,071,474 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for tuning scintillation detectors
AssigneeBoard of Regents, The University of Texas System
InventorsWai-Hoi Wong, Hongdi Li, Jorge Uribe, Yaqiang Liu, Hossain Baghaei
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for tuning scintillation detectors. An output of a first light is equalized with an output of a neighboring, second light. The outputs are measured by one or more light detectors shared by the first and second lights. Outputs of a plurality of light detectors are equalized using the equalized output of the first light.
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A method for tuning scintillation detectors, comprising:
- equalizing an output of a first light with an output of a neighboring, second light, the outputs being measured by one or more light detectors shared by the first and second lights;
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- equalizing outputs of a plurality of light detectors using the equalized output of the first light.
A method for tuning light detectors, comprising:
- equalizing outputs of a first plurality of light detectors using the output of a first light;
- equalizing an output of a second light with the output of the first light, the second light neighboring the first light and the outputs of the first and second lights being measured by one or more shared light detectors;
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- equalizing outputs of a second plurality of light detectors using the equalized output of the second light.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a first light neighboring a second light;
- one or more PMTs shared by the first and second lights;
- a pulser with programmable pulse width or pulse height coupled to the lights;
- a data acquisition computer coupled to the pulser and configured to control the pulser to adjust a pulse width or pulse height of the second light so that its light output is equalized with a light output of the first light.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.