Simulation of algorithms for pulse timing in FPGAs

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 3161-3165

  Haselman, Michael D ^a,c   Hauck, Scott ^a,c   Lewellen, Thomas K ^b,c   Miyaoka, Robert S ^b,c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IEEE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CURVE FITTING; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATLAB; MEDICAL IMAGING; MULTICARRIER MODULATION; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; SAMPLING; SCANNING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME MEASUREMENT; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER; CLOCK RATES; DISCRETE SIGNALS; EASE-OF-USE; FIELD-PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; FILTER DESIGNS; LEADING EDGES; LEAST SQUARES FITTING; MATLAB SIMULATIONS; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; PET SCANNERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; PULSE TIMING; REAL DATA; SAMPLING PERIODS; SAMPLING RATES; TIMING ALGORITHMS; TIMING RESOLUTIONS; VERILOG;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 48149100424     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436798     Document Type: Conference Paper

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