A temperature-dependent gain control system for improving the stability of Si-PM-based PET systems

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2873-2882

  Yamamoto, Seiichi ^a   Satomi, Junkichi ^a   Watabe, Tadashi ^b   Watabe, Hiroshi ^c   Kanai, Yasukazu ^c   Imaizumi, Masao ^b   Shimosegawa, Eku ^b   Hatazawa, Jun ^b,c  

^a KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; BLOCK DETECTORS; CHANNEL VARIATIONS; CORRECTION FACTORS; COUNT RATES; DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTERS; HIGH GAIN; LOW SENSITIVITY; POINT SOURCES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SMALL SIZE; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE CHARACTERISTIC; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT GAINS; VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIERS;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CONTROL THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS; GAIN CONTROL; HYBRID COMPUTERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; SILICON; SODIUM; SYSTEM STABILITY; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE;

POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SILICON; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79954568536     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/9/015     Document Type: Article

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