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 | The Project |
A real time X-ray cardiac imaging system required a photon counting
detector plane, and with a frame rate of 1.042 million frames per
second. (MFPS).
| The Challenge |
Unlike the FNAL project, all the pixels needed to be read on every
frame. With an array size of only 384x384 pixels, the data rate for
conventional readout would have been ~150 GHz.
| The Solution |
Adept came up with a patented CMOS device that incorporated
a pixel threshold detector, as well as analog and digital memory. The
device also had massively parallel sub-array data processing, and ADC reducing
the readout data by a factor of 64. The completed device provides the
1.042 Million FPS with a minimum digitized output signal to noise ratio (SNR) of 10.
| Status |
The system using these devices is currently in clinical
trials.
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The
right Sensor at the right time 
