A preliminary experimental valiadation of a new approach for pulse processing in PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1428-1431

  Xie, Qingguo ^a,b   Kao, Chien Min ^c   Chen, Chin Tu ^c  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT FRACTION DISCRIMINATOR (CFD); ELECTRIC CHARGE PULSES; PULSE SHAPING; SCINTILLATOR CRYSTALS;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GAMMA RAYS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844522578     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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