Patents by Inventor Gai Cui

Gai Cui has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10313098
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and machine-readable storage mediums for clock synchronizing among detectors in a clock synchronizing configuration are provided. An example clock synchronizing method includes: providing a clock of a preset frequency in each of N modules to be synchronized, coupling every two adjacent modules of the modules by a transmission line of the same length, N being an odd number, selecting two different modules from the modules as two reference modules respectively, controlling each of the reference modules to transmit a synchronizing signal to the other modules, determining a clock error between every two modules having the same transmission distance from the reference module according to a moment of the synchronizing signal reaching each of the other modules, selecting a calibrating module from the modules, and implementing clock synchronization between each of the modules and the calibrating module according to the respective clock errors associated with the two reference modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Shenyang Neusoft Medical Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gai Cui, Long Yang, Jun Zhang, Peng Ning, Zhenguo Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180123773
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and machine-readable storage mediums for clock synchronizing among detectors in a clock synchronizing configuration are provided. An example clock synchronizing method includes: providing a clock of a preset frequency in each of N modules to be synchronized, coupling every two adjacent modules of the modules by a transmission line of the same length, N being an odd number, selecting two different modules from the modules as two reference modules respectively, controlling each of the reference modules to transmit a synchronizing signal to the other modules, determining a clock error between every two modules having the same transmission distance from the reference module according to a moment of the synchronizing signal reaching each of the other modules, selecting a calibrating module from the modules, and implementing clock synchronization between each of the modules and the calibrating module according to the respective clock errors associated with the two reference modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Gai CUI, Long YANG, Jun ZHANG, Peng NING, Zhenguo ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9952332
    Abstract: A method and a PET apparatus are provided. According to an example of the method, a saturation indicia of a target detector may be determined through simulating emission of a ? photon to the target detector. The target detector is any one of SiPM detectors of a PET apparatus. The saturation indicia is for designating a maximum output voltage after amplifying an output of the target detector through a VGA when one ? photon is received by the target detector. The target VGA is a VGA corresponding to the target detector. By comparing an output voltage of the target VGA and the saturation indicia, it may determine that the target detector received a saturation event if the output voltage of the target VGA is higher than the saturation indicia. An amplifier gain of the target VGA may be adjusted until an amount of the saturation events detected by the target detector in unit time satisfies a pre-determined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SHENYANG NEUSOFT MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuqiu Zhao, Guodong Liang, Long Yang, Peng Gao, Gai Cui
  • Publication number: 20170160408
    Abstract: A method and a PET apparatus are provided. According to an example of the method, a saturation indicia of a target detector may be determined through simulating emission of a ? photon to the target detector. The target detector is any one of SiPM detectors of a PET apparatus. The saturation indicia is for designating a maximum output voltage after amplifying an output of the target detector through a VGA when one ? photon is received by the target detector. The target VGA is a VGA corresponding to the target detector. By comparing an output voltage of the target VGA and the saturation indicia, it may determine that the target detector received a saturation event if the output voltage of the target VGA is higher than the saturation indicia. An amplifier gain of the target VGA may be adjusted until an amount of the saturation events detected by the target detector in unit time satisfies a pre-determined threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Yuqiu Zhao, Guodong Liang, Long Yang, Peng Gao, Gai Cui