A real time coincidence system for high count-rate TOF or non-TOF PET cameras using hybrid method combining AND-logic and time-mark technology

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2 PART 1, 2010, Pages 708-714

  Wang, Chao ^a   Li, Hongdi ^a   Ramirez, Rocio A ^a   Zhang, Yuxuan ^a   Baghaei, Hossain ^a   Liu, Shitao ^a   An, Shaohui ^a   Wong, Wai Hoi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coincidence; Positron emission tomography (PET); Real time; TDC; Time of flight (TOF); Time mark

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT BOARDS; DETECTOR MODULE; DIGITAL DATAS; DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING; EXPANDABILITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYBRID ARCHITECTURES; HYBRID METHOD; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PET CAMERA; PIPELINE TECHNOLOGY; PROCESSING SPEED; REAL TIME; REPROGRAMMABLE; SINGLE EVENT; SORT ALGORITHM; SYSTEM CLOCK; SYSTEM SUPPORTS; TIME OF FLIGHT; TIME WINDOWS; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); MONTE CARLO METHODS; PIPELINE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; POSITION CONTROL; POSITRONS; PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77951173100     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2009.2039228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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