A HOTLink/Networked PC Data Acquisition and Image Reconstruction System for a High-Resolution Whole-Body PET With Respiratory or ECG-Gated Performance

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 393-397

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

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

Author keywords

Data acquisition; nuclear imaging; positron emission tomography (PET); serial bus

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PIPELINE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES; X RAY CAMERAS;

NUCLEAR IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY CAMERA;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038720403     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.812441     Document Type: Article

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