OpenPET: A flexible electronics system for radiotracer imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3491-3495

  Moses, W W ^a   Buckley, S ^b   Vu, C ^a   Peng, Q ^a   Pavlov, N ^b   Choong, W S ^a   Wu, J ^c   Jackson, C ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ON SEMICONDUCTOR   (United States)

^c FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronics; PET; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ANALOG CHANNELS; ANALOG INPUTS; BOARD LAYOUT; CAMERA DESIGN; CHANNEL COUNT; CHANNEL DENSITY; CUSTOMIZABLE; DIGITAL INFORMATION; IMAGING INSTRUMENTS; LEADING EDGE; LOOKUPS; MULTIPLE CHANNELS; OPEN SOURCES; POWER CONSUMPTION; PULSE HEIGHT; SOURCE CODES; TECHNICAL DATA; UNIQUE FEATURES;

CAMERAS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS;

EID: 77951171896     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401797     Document Type: Conference Paper

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