A Custom Mixed Signal CMOS Integrated Circuit for High Performance PET Tomograph Front-End Applications

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 24-28

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

^a Concorde Microsystems Inc ^*  (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d ANALOG DEVICES INC   (United States)

^e CPS Innovations   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BANDWIDTH; ENERGY DISSIPATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

MIXED SIGNAL;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0142179254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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