An analog signal processing ASIC for a small animal LSO-APD PET tomograph

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 564, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 451-462

  Spanoudaki, V Ch ^a   McElroy, D P ^a   Ziegler, S I ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analog signal processing electronics; Constant fraction discriminator; Positron emission tomography; Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PULSE AMPLIFIERS; SCANNING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANALOG SIGNAL PROCESSING ELECTRONICS; CONSTANT FRACTION DISCRIMINATOR; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745889310     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.04.064     Document Type: Article

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