Time determination of BGO-APD detectors by digital signal processing for Positron Emission Tomography

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1723-1727

  Leroux, J D ^a   Martin, J P ^b   Rouleau, D ^a   Pepin, C M ^a   Cadorette, J ^a   Fontaine, R ^a   Lecomte, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; IMAGE QUALITY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CHARGE SENSITIVE PREAMPLIFIERS (CSP); CONSTANT FRACTION DISCRIMINATORS (CFD); DISCRIMINATION CIRCUITS; IMAGING PROTOCOLS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 11844271473     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2003.1352211     Document Type: Conference Paper

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