A readout ASIC for SPECT

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3 II, 2005, Pages 764-771

  Pettersen, D M ^a   Mikkelsen, S ^a   Talebi, J ^a   Meier, D ^a  

^a IDEAS ASA   (Norway)

Author keywords

ASIC; Charge sensitive amplifiers; Low noise; Radiation detector; SPECT; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTODETECTORS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICA; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CHARGE SENSITIVE AMPLIFIERS; LOW NOISE; PHOTON EMISSION; RADIATION DETECTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 23844455267     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.850933     Document Type: Conference Paper

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