Improved digital pulse height estimation for PET detectors using LMS adaptive filters

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-53

  Monzó, Jose M ^a   Martínez, Jorge D ^a   Toledo, Jose ^a   Esteve, Raul ^a   Herrero, Vicente ^a   Sebastiá, Angel ^a   Mora, Francisco J ^a   Benlloch, Jose M ^b   Lerche, Christoph W ^b   Sánchez, Filomeno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adaptive signal processing; Biomedical nuclear imaging; FIR digital filters; Least mean square (LMS) methods; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE FILTERING; DIGITAL FILTERS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ADAPTIVE SIGNAL PROCESSING; BIOMEDICAL NUCLEAR IMAGING;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 39049106607     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.910675     Document Type: Conference Paper

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