Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1992-01-28
1994-05-03
Envall, Jr., Roy N.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
250369, 25036302, G01T 1164, G06F 1542
Patent
active
053093577
ABSTRACT:
A scintillation data collecting apparatus and method are provided for a scintillation camera and a data processor. The apparatus comprises a scintillation detector including an adder and an analyzer for detecting the valid scintillations, a plurality of conversion units each including an analog-to-digital converter for converting intensity signals derived from the valid scintillations into high, accuracy digital values, and controllers for controlling operation of each of the analog-to-digital converters of the conversion units. The method comprises steps of adding the intensity signals generated by the scintillation camera and which are indicative of the scintillations, and analyzing the sum of the intensity signals to determine if the detected scintillations are valid. To select only those values involved in a scintillation event for processing and free up ADCs which are uninvolved to convert future intensity signals, the intensity signals may be compared to a threshold value to allow only those ADCs whose corresponding intensity signal is above the threshold to convert, or a rapid determination of which serial ADCs are involved can be done by allowing all serial ADCs to convert, waiting for a first positive MSB from one of the ADCS, and resetting all ADCs determined to be uninvolved in the event. The converted signals derived from the intensity signals are digital value signals indicative of the valid scintillations computable by the data processor to determine spatial locations of the valid scintillations.
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Ferreira Abel
Stark Iain
Bodendorf A.
Envall Jr. Roy N.
Independent Scintillation Imaging Systems (ISIS) Inc.
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