Prototype parallel readout system for position sensitive PMT based gamma ray imaging systems

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1891-1894

  Habte, Frezghi ^a   Olcott, Peter D ^b   Levin, C S ^a   Foudray, A M ^c   Talcott, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; DATA ACQUISITION; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLEXING; READOUT SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SURGERY; TUMORS;

EDGE EFFECTS; FIELD OF VIEW (FOV); GAMMA RAY IMAGING SYSTEMS; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE (PSPMT);

CAMERAS;

EID: 11844267195     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2003.1352248     Document Type: Conference Paper

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