A Spartan3E-based low-cost system for gamma-ray detection in small single photon emission computed tomography or positron emission tomography systems

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Fysikopoulos, E ^a,c   Georgiou, M ^c,d   Efthimiou, N ^b   David, S ^c   Loudos, G ^c   Matsopoulos, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

data acquisition (DAQ); embedded development kit (EDK); field programmable gate arrays (FPGA); position sensitive photomultipliers (PSPMT); silicon photomultiplier (SiPM)

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERSION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ACQUISITION; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); GAMMA RAYS; LOGIC GATES; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM; EMBEDDED DEVELOPMENT; GAMMA-RAY DETECTION; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SILICON PHOTO MULTIPLIERS (SIPM); SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; SOFT-CORE PROCESSORS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 80054748034     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/22/11/114002     Document Type: Article

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