Advantages of digitally sampling scintillation pulses in pileup processing in PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 144-147

  Wang, Xi ^a,b   Chen, Yuanbao ^a   Yin, Quan ^a   Zeng, Shaoqun ^a,b   Xie, Qingguo ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Digital Signal Processing (DSP); Pileup; Positron Emission Tomography (PET); Scintillation pulse

Indexed keywords

COUNT RATES; ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH-COUNT RATE; LEADING EDGE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; SCINTILLATION PULSE; SINGLE EVENT; SINGLE PULSE; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS; LIGHT EMISSION; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; POSITRONS; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME MEASUREMENT;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77951162364     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401834     Document Type: Conference Paper

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