Channel reduction and time coincidence IBM PC board for PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 2196-2200

  Crosetto, Dario B ^a  

^a 3D Computing Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COINCIDENCE CIRCUITS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA PROCESSING; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

DE-RANDOMIZING; PROCESSOR PROGRAM MEMORY; PROGRAMMABILITY; TRANSMISSION PROTOCOLS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 11844260671     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2003.1352316     Document Type: Conference Paper

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