A CMOS mini-SiPM detector with in-pixel data compression for PET applications

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 548-552

  Braga, Leo H C ^a   Pancheri, Lucio ^a   Gasparini, Leonardo ^a   Perenzoni, Matteo ^a   Walker, Richard ^b   Henderson, Robert K ^b   Stoppa, David ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL DEVICES; MEDICAL IMAGING; PIXELS;

COMPRESSION SCHEME; FILL FACTOR; PIXEL ARRAYS; SMALL AREA; TEMPORAL COMPRESSIONS;

DATA COMPRESSION;

EID: 84858684893     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6154110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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