Performance Characteristics of a New Generation of Processing Circuits for PET Applications

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 101-105

  Musrock, M S ^a   Young, J W ^a   Moyers, J C ^a   Breeding, J E ^a   Casey, M E ^a   Rochelle, J M ^b   Binkley, D M ^b,c   Swann, B K ^b  

^a CPS Innovations   (United States)

^b Concorde Microsystems Inc ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SCINTILLATION;

SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0142179220     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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