Global Patent Index - EP 0938685 A1

EP 0938685 A1 19990901 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS FROM A SET OF PHOTODETECTORS WITH CELLULAR ARCHITECTURE, AND APPLICATION TO GAMMA-CAMERAS

Title (en)

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS FROM A SET OF PHOTODETECTORS WITH CELLULAR ARCHITECTURE, AND APPLICATION TO GAMMA-CAMERAS

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR SIGNALVERARBEITUNG EINER PHOTODETEKTORENANORDNUNG MIT EINER ZELLULAREN ARCHITEKTUR, UND ANWENDUNG FUER GAMMAKAMERAS

Title (fr)

PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF DE TRAITEMENT DES SIGNAUX D'UN ENSEMBLE DE PHOTODETECTEURS AYANT UNE ARCHITECTURE CELLULAIRE, ET APPLICATION AUX GAMMA-CAMERAS

Publication

EP 0938685 A1 19990901 (FR)

Application

EP 97913263 A 19971106

Priority

  • FR 9701991 W 19971106
  • FR 9613670 A 19961108

Abstract (en)

[origin: FR2755816A1] The invention concerns a method for processing signals produced by a set of N photodetectors, in response to a phenomenon to be detected, in which a cellular architecture (88, 90-1....90-6, 92, 94), associated with each photodetector (60), enables to compare the flux it receives with the flux of the neighbouring photodetectors (160-1,...,160-6), and to determine which set of photdetectors to take into account for a given interaction. Characteristic quantities of the interaction can then be computed.

IPC 1-7

G01T 1/164; G01T 1/17

IPC 8 full level

G01T 1/164 (2006.01); G01T 1/17 (2006.01); G01T 1/208 (2006.01); H04N 25/00 (2023.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G01T 1/1647 (2013.01); G01T 1/208 (2013.01); H04N 25/00 (2023.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

FR 2755816 A1 19980515; FR 2755816 B1 19981211; EP 0938685 A1 19990901; JP 2001503526 A 20010313; WO 9821606 A1 19980522

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 9613670 A 19961108; EP 97913263 A 19971106; FR 9701991 W 19971106; JP 52223398 A 19971106