The data acquisition system of ClearPET neuro - A small animal PET scanner

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 700-703

  Streun, M ^b   Brandenburg, G ^b   Larue, H ^b   Parl, C ^b   Ziemons, K ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free running pulse sampling; LSO; LuYAP; Multichannel photomultiplier; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FREE-RUNNING PULSE SAMPLING; LUYAP; MULTICHANNEL PHOTOMULTIPLLERS (PMT); SMALL ANIMAL PET SCANNER (CLEARPET);

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; DETECTORS; GAMMA RAYS; PHOSPHORS; SCANNING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33746374426     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.875051     Document Type: Article

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