Development of an FPGA-based data acquisition module for small animal PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 2957-2961

  Hegyesi, Gy ^a   Imrek, J ^a   Kalinka, G ^a   Molnar J ^a   Novak D ^a   Vegh J ^a   Balkay, L ^b   Emri, M ^b   Molnar G ^b   Tron L ^b   Bagamery I ^c   Bukki T ^c   Rozsa S ^c   Szabó, Zs ^d   Kerek, A ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^c Mediso Medical Imaging Systems Ltd   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CRYSTALS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ANALOG SIGNAL PROCESSING; HARDWARE COINCIDENCE DETECTION; POISTION SENSITIVE PMT; SMALL ANIMALS;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 23844443642     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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