FPGA/DSP-based coincidence unit and data acquisition system for the sherbrooke animal PET scanner

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Lepage, M D ^a   Leger G ^a   Cadorette, J ^a   Leroux, J D ^a   Otis, M ^a   Rodrigue, S ^a   Lecomte, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COINCIDENCE CIRCUITS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR; SINGLE-PHOTON TRANSMISSION;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 0034593528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

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2. J.W. Young, J.C. Moyers and M. Lennox., "FPGA-based front-end electronics for a high resolution PET scanner", 1999 IEEE NSS/MIC, CD, MIC Sessions, M3-22.
3. R. Lecomte et al., "Initial results from the Sherbrooke avalanche photodiode positron tomograph", IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci., vol. 43, pp. 1952-1957, 1996.