Development of an FPGA-based data acquisition module for small animal PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2698-2703

  Imrek, J ^a,b   Novak D ^b   Hegyesi, Gy ^b   Kalinka, G ^b   Molnar J ^b   Vegh J ^b   Balkay, L ^c   Emri, M ^c   Molnar G ^c   Tron L ^c   Bagamery I ^d   Bukki T ^d   Rozsa S ^d   Szabo Zs ^e   Kerek, A ^a,f  

^a IEEE   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d Mediso Medical Imaging Systems Ltd   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^f ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Data acquisition (DAQ); Digital CFD; Ethernet; PET; Small animal

Indexed keywords

DAQ MODULES; DIGITAL CFD; ETHERNET; SMALL ANIMAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CAMERAS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 33750425156     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2006.876004     Document Type: Article

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