A high-performance VME-based acquisition system for positron emission mammography

Author

Abbott, David J. ; Weisenberger, Andrew ; Majewski, S. ; Kieper, Doug ; Kross, Brian ; Popov, V.

Author_Institution

Thomas Jefferson Nat. Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1947

Lastpage

1951

Abstract

A prototype for a practical and economical breast imaging system for cancer detection is currently under development at Jefferson Lab. The latest advances in bright, fast, crystal scintillators, compact position-sensitive photomultipliers (PSPMT), and high-performance digitizing and readout electronics are being used to develop a compact imager based on Positron Emission Tomography (PET). To facilitate the performance demands of the detector as well as the high number of readout channels, the data acquisition system is built around an intelligent, self-contained, VNM form-factor

Keywords

biomedical electronics; data acquisition; mammography; photomultipliers; position sensitive particle detectors; positron emission tomography; readout electronics; solid scintillation detectors; system buses; PET; Positron Emission Tomography; breast imaging system; cancer; compact imager; compact position-sensitive photomultipliers; crystal scintillators; high-performance digitizing electronics; high-performance readout electronics; intelligent self-contained VME form-factor; positron emission mammography; readout channels; Data acquisition; Detectors; Head; Image storage; Mammography; Pixel; Power system modeling; Radioactive decay; Read-write memory; Streaming media;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2001 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1082-3654

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7324-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2001.1009205

Filename

1009205