A new dual threshold time-over-threshold circuit for fast timing in PET

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3421-3430

  Grant, Alexander M ^a,b   Levin, Craig S ^a,b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

positron emission tomography; time of flight; time over threshold

Indexed keywords

MEDICINE; PHYSICS;

ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; POOR PERFORMANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); THRESHOLD DESIGNS; THRESHOLD METHODS; TIME OF FLIGHT; TIME OVER THRESHOLDS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

DEVICES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TIME;

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902479796     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/13/3421     Document Type: Article

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