A new pileup-prevention front-end electronic design for high-resolution PET and gamma cameras

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2051-2056

  Li, Hongdi ^a   Wong, Wai Hoi ^a   Uribe, Jorge ^a   Baghaei, Hossain ^a   Liu, Yaqiang ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Xing, Tao ^a   Aykac, Mehmet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

High count rate; High speed electronics; Nuclear imaging; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT EMISSION; LOW PASS FILTERS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION;

ANGER POSITRON-SENSITIVE DETECTOR; BISMUTH GERMANATE; FRONT-END ELECTRONIC DESIGN; GAMMA CAMERA; HIGH COUNT RATE; HIGH SPEED ELECTRONICS; NUCLEAR IMAGING; QUADRANT SHARING DETECTOR;

CAMERAS;

EID: 0036816137     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.803804     Document Type: Article

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