A data acquisition sub-system for distributed, digital, computational, APD-based, bimodal PET/CT architecture for small animal imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1733-1737

  Fontaine, R ^a   Belanger F ^a   Cadorette, J ^b   Leroux, J D ^a   Martin, J P ^c   Michaud, J B ^a   Pratte, J F ^d   Robert, S ^a   Viscogliosi, N ^a   Lecomte, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; DATA ACQUISITION; DETECTORS; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS;

COMPUTATIONAL ARCHITECTURES; DEPTH OF INTERACTION (DOI); MULTI-RING STACKING; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 19944426336     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2003.1352213     Document Type: Conference Paper

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