Patent ID: 9645260
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G01T

Claim:
1. A method for counting detection events via a photon counting detector array, comprising: detecting a first instance where an amplitude of an electrical signal exceeds an event threshold, the first instance generated responsive to a first detection event at a detector cell of the photon counting detector array; responsive to the detecting, disabling an event counter from counting other detection events at the detector cell for a first blocking interval; at a conclusion of the first blocking interval, determining whether the amplitude of the electrical signal is below the event threshold; responsive to determining that the amplitude of the electrical signal is below the event threshold at the conclusion of the first blocking interval, making an adjustment to an event count at the event counter based upon the first detection event; and responsive to determining that the amplitude of the electrical signal exceeds the event threshold at the conclusion of the first blocking interval: