A multimode digital detector readout for solid-state medical imaging detectors

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 733-741

  Boles, Colby D ^b,c,d,g   Boser, Bernhard E ^b,c   Hasegawa, Bruce H ^a,d,e   Heanue, Joseph A ^a,f  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Cardiac Mariners Inc   (United States)

^g Digital Instruments   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog digital conversion; Biomedical nuclear imaging; Biomedical X ray imaging; Radiation detector circuits; Sigma delta modulation

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DELTA MODULATION; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC CHARGE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

BIOMEDICAL NUCLEAR IMAGING; BIOMEDICAL X RAY IMAGING; RADIATION DETECTOR CIRCUITS; SIGMA DELTA MODULATION;

READOUT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032072066     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/4.668988     Document Type: Article

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