Patent ID: RE43722

Claim:
An electronic circuit comprised of comprising : a photon detector array means for converting configured to convert photons to into a detector output signal , ; a plurality of readout electronics integrated circuit chips, each readout electronics integrated circuit chip comprising including a plurality of channels for receiving configured to receive and processing process output signals generated by said the photon detector array, wherein said the plurality of readout electronics integrated circuit chips are arranged in a stacked configuration , with each of said the readout electronics integrated circuit chips forming one layer of said the stacked configuration, and wherein said the photon detector array is bonded to a lateral surface of said the stacked configuration perpendicular to said the stacked configuration and is connected to the plurality of channels via a plurality of T-connects disposed on said the lateral surface of said the stacked configuration , ; wherein at least two of said the plurality of channels comprise, include: a converting circuit means for converting said configured to convert the detector output signal to into a digitized data value comprised of comprising one or more digital bits comprising including an image data set , wherein each digital bit has a position in said the image data set , ; a reference insert circuit means for inserting configured to insert one or more user-defined reference points at one or more predetermined positions in said the image data set , ; and , a reference point synchronization circuit means for synchronizing configured to synchronize at least one of said the user-defined reference points with at least one other of said the user-defined reference points in each the image data sets of at least two of said channels' image data sets the plurality of channels .