An optimal filter based algorithm for PET detectors with digital sampling front-end

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1 PART 1, 2010, Pages 63-70

  Joly, Baptiste ^a   Montarou, Gérard ^a   Lecoq, Jacques ^a   Bohner, Gérard ^a   Crouau, Michel ^a   Brossard, Michel ^a   Vert, Pierre Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Digital sampling front end; Optimal filtering; Parameter estimation; Time of flight (tof) pet; Timing algorithm

Indexed keywords

DETECTION BLOCKS; DIGITAL PULSE PROCESSING; DIGITAL SAMPLING; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FAST SAMPLING; FILTER COEFFICIENTS; HIGH RATE; INORGANIC SCINTILLATOR; LEADING EDGE; NONSTATIONARY NOISE; OFFLINE; OPTIMAL FILTER; OPTIMAL FILTERING; PET DETECTORS; PREFILTERS; PULSE AMPLITUDE; REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATIONS; SCINTILLATION PULSE; STATIONARY NOISE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIMING ALGORITHMS; WAVE FORMS; WEIGHTED SUM;

ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL DEVICES; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTIMIZATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POSITION CONTROL; REAL TIME CONTROL; SCINTILLATION; TIME MEASUREMENT;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 77950662889     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2031871     Document Type: Article

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