Patent ID: 8060696

Claim:
A positron emission tomography (PET) system, comprising: a PET array characterized by a data output rate, a PET data processing assembly characterized by a data input rate, a PET data acquisition assembly: in data communication with the PET array and the PET data processing assembly; and comprising: a one-to-N channel write striping assembly in read communication with the PET array; an N-to-one channel read unstriping assembly in write communication with the PET data processing assembly; a plurality, N, of data storage elements, each data storage element: in read communication with one of the N channels of the write striping assembly, and in write communication with one of the N channels of the read unstriping assembly; and a PET data acquisition control logic assembly: in control communication with the write striping assembly, the read unstriping assembly, and each of the N data storage elements, and operative to allocate write and read access to the N data storage elements.