Pulse width modulation: A novel readout scheme for high energy photon detection

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 4530-4535

  Olcott, Peter D ^a   Levin, Craig S ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

PET; Pulse width modulation; PWM; Semiconductor detectors; Time over threshold; Wilkinson ADC

Indexed keywords

ANALOG SIGNAL PROCESSING; ANALOG VALUES; ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL; CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDES; CHANNEL DENSITY; DEADTIME; DIGITAL PULSE; DYNAMIC RANGE; END-DETECTOR; HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION PET; LOCATION INFORMATION; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; PET; PET DETECTORS; PULSE-WIDTH-MODULATION CIRCUITS; PWM; PWM TECHNIQUES; SCINTILLATION DETECTION; TIME OVER THRESHOLD; TIME OVER THRESHOLDS; TIME TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; ULTRAHIGH RESOLUTION; WILKINSON ADC;

CADMIUM; COUNTING CIRCUITS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LUMINESCENCE; MULTICARRIER MODULATION; PHOTONS; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SCINTILLATION; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ZINC;

SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

EID: 67649191615     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2008.4774297     Document Type: Conference Paper

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