A simple and improved digital timing method for positron emission tomography

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 622, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 219-224

  Hu, Wei ^a,b   Choi, Yong ^a,b   Jo Hong, Key ^a,b   Kang, Jihoon ^a,b   Ho Jung, Jin ^a,b   Suk Huh, Youn ^a,b   Keong Lim, Hyun ^a,b   Su Kim, Sang ^a,b   Jun Min, Byung ^a,b   Kim, Byung Tae ^b  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Digital timing method; Field programmable gate array; Geiger mode avalanche photodiode (GAPD); Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ARRAY DETECTORS; DAQ CARDS; DIGITAL TIMING METHOD; GAMMA SIGNALS; GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; IMAGE SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INTERPOLATION METHOD; LINE SOURCES; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; NOISE LEVELS; PET IMAGES; POSITRON EMISSION; PULSE AMPLITUDE; PULSE ARRIVAL TIME; PULSE RISETIME; SIMULATION RESULT; SINGLE PIXEL; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; ELECTRONS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); INTERPOLATION; LOGIC GATES; PHOTODIODES; POSITRONS; SENSORS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77956486238     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2010.05.047     Document Type: Article

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