Energy and timing measurement with time-based detector readout for PET applications: Principle and validation with discrete circuit components

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

Volumn 641, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 128-135

  Sun, Xishan ^a   Lan, Allan K ^a   Bircher, Chad ^a   Deng, Zhi ^b,c   Liu, Yinong ^b,c   Shao, Yiping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Coincidence timing; Digital timing process; Energy; Positron emission tomography; Radiation detector; Readout electronics

Indexed keywords

COINCIDENCE TIMING; DIGITAL TIMING PROCESS; ENERGY; POSITRON EMISSION; READOUT ELECTRONICS;

PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROCESSING; RADIATION DETECTORS; READOUT SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIMING JITTER;

TIMING CIRCUITS;

EID: 79957445002     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2011.03.033     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. M. Streun, G. Brandenburg, and H. Larue Nucl. Instr. and Meth. Phys. Res. A 486 2002 18
2. P.D. Olcott, C.S. Levin, Pulse width modulation: a novel readout scheme for high energy photon detection, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record M08-7, 2008.
3. T.C. Meyer, F. Powolny, F. Anghinolfi, et al., A time-based front end readout system for PET and CT, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record M1112, 2006.
4. A.S. Yousif, and J.W. Haslett IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. NS54 2007 1574
5. F. Powolny, E. Auffray, and H. Hillemanns IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. NS55 2008 2465
6. A.S. Yousif, J.W. Haslett, Time-based ADC and TDC architectures, CMOS Emerging Technology Workshop, 〈 http://www.cmoset.com/uploads/11A.3-08.pdf 〉, 2008.
7. H. Kichimi, Y. Yoshimura, and T. Browder Nucl. Instr. and Meth. Phys. Res. A 453 2000 315
8. P.W. Nicholson Nuclear Electronics 1974 John Wiley & Son New York
9. W.R. Leo Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments 2nd ed. 1994 Springer-Verlag New York
10. L.L. Ruckman, and G.S. Varner Nucl. Instr. and Meth. Phy. Res. A 602 2009 438