Patent ID: 7829860
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: G01T

Abstract:
1. An imaging detector system comprising: a radiation detector having a plurality of pixels for generating a plurality of detection signals in response to radiation, each of the pixels being utilized to generate a corresponding one of the detection signals; a plurality of photon counting channels, each of the photon counting channels being coupled to a corresponding one of the pixels to receive and process the corresponding one of the detection signals, wherein the photon counting channels are adapted to generate digital outputs corresponding to both number of photons and energies carried by the photons detected by the corresponding one of the pixels; a plurality of photon integrating channels, each of the photon integrating channels being coupled to a corresponding one of the pixels to receive and process the corresponding one of the detection signals; and an image processor for receiving outputs from the photon counting channels and the photon integrating channels, wherein the image processor is adapted to generate an image utilizing the received outputs, wherein corresponding ones of the photon counting and photon integrating channels concurrently receive a same one of the detection signals.