Sampling pulses for optimal timing

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 320-326

  Bousselham, Abdelkader ^b   Bohm, Christian ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Sweden)

^b ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Analog digital conversion; Digital signal processing; Sampling methods; Timing

Indexed keywords

ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERSION; SAMPLING METHODS; TIMING PRECISION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 34247213958     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.892692     Document Type: Article

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