Real time coincidence detection system for digital high resolution APD-based animal PET scanner

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 2849-2853

  Tétrault, Marc André ^b   Lepage, Martin D ^b   Viscogliosi, Nicolas ^b   Bélanger, François ^b   Cadorette, Jules ^b   Pepin, Catherine Michelle ^b   Lecomte, Roger ^a,b   Fontaine, Réjean ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coincidence detection; Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

COINCIDENCE DETECTION; CRYSTAL IDENTIFICATION; DIGITAL FLEXIBILITY;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 33846595334     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596926     Document Type: Conference Paper

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