Patent ID: 8884213
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G01T

Abstract:
1. A system for correcting energy readings from a solid state photosensor having a plurality of microcells coupled to a single output electrode, comprising: at least one scintillator configured to receive at least one incident radiation particle and to convert energy from said particle into photoelectrons; at least one solid state photosensor in communication with the at least one scintillator and configured to convert energy of said photoelectrons into an electrical signal; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the output electrode at least one solid state photosensor and configured to convert an output from said output electrode into digital data; a data analyzer in communication with the ADC and configured to receive said digital data; and a linearization system configured to receive output from the data analyzer and configured to determine at least one corrected datum corresponding to a least one raw datum output from the data analyzer in accordance with predetermined characteristics of said solid state photosensor, wherein the linearization system determines the value of corrected data as a function of the raw data by solving the equation: