A new approach for pulse processing in positron emission tomography

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 988-995

  Xie, Qingguo ^a,b   Kao, Chien Min ^c   Hsiau, Zekai ^a   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

PET front end electronics; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SILICATES; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

PET FRONT-END ELECTRONICS; PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE (PMT); PHOTON ENERGY; PULSE PROCESSING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 27644437977     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.852966     Document Type: Article

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