Architecture of a dual-modality, high-resolution, fully digital positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanner for small animal imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 691-696

  Fontaine, Réjean ^a   Bélanger, François ^a   Cadorette, Jules ^b   Leroux, Jean Daniel ^a   Martin, Jean Pierre ^c   Michaud, Jean Baptiste ^a   Pratte, Jean François ^d   Robert, Stéfan ^a   Lecomte, Roger ^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

Computed tomography; Digital signal processing; Field programmable gate array (FPGA); Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DRUG PRODUCTS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; IMAGE CODING; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIATION EFFECTS; SCANNING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CHANNEL ENCODING; DUAL-MODALITY SYSTEMS; LOW VOLTAGE POSITIVE EMITTER COUPLED LOGIC (LVPECL); MOLECULAR IMAGING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844550282     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.850484     Document Type: Article

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