Versatile PET coincidence processor
AssigneeSiemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Philip Moor, William Scott Hood
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Abstract
A common or single type of positron emission tomography (PET) coincidence processor is useable with different PET systems. The ports are configurable to operate with different coincidence algorithms, allowing different numbers of ports to be used in different systems. The ports are configurable to provide different outputs and/or connect with different types of detectors. A programming port allows programming of an appropriate coincidence algorithm so that different such algorithms are usable by the controller. Any one or more of these accessible and/or versatile features are provided on a controller.
Claims20
A positron emission tomography (PET) coincidence processor for different possible uses, the PET coincidence processor comprising:
- a housing;
- a processor within the housing, the processor configurable for implementing a plurality of different PET coincidence algorithms;
- a plurality of ports on the housing, the ports connected with the processor;
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- a plug detector configured to detect connection of PET data inputs to the ports;
- wherein different numbers of connections and corresponding different numbers of ports are usable for different coincidence algorithms in the same housing.
A method for programming a positron emission tomography (PET) coincidence processor, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of ports for receiving PET data, the ports being on the PET coincidence processor;
- arranging for assignment of different ones of the ports to receive the PET data from at least two different types of detectors, one of the types of detectors comprising a radiation probe and another one of the types of detectors comprising a detector of a PET system;
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- performing PET coincidence processing with the PET data from the at least two different types of detectors.
A positron emission tomography (PET) coincidence processor comprising:
- a processor configured for outputting coincidence events based on input PET data;
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- a plurality of ports connected with the processor;
- wherein the processor configured to output the coincidence events on at least two of the ports, the coincidence events output as mirrored or split on the at least two of the ports.
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