Title :
Data Acquisition Aspects of Super-PETT
Author :
Blaine, J. ; Ficke, D. ; Hitchens, R. ; Holmes, T.
Author_Institution :
Biomedical Computer Laboratory Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo., 63110
Abstract :
Incorporation of differential time-of-flight (TOF) information in positron emission tomography offers significant performance improvement at the cost of increasing the quantity of data to be processed. A tomographic unit utilizing TOF data, called Super-PETT, is currently nearing the final stage of construction. Design and implementation aspects of the data acquisition system are described with an emphasis on instrument operation in an on-line preprocessing mode.
Keywords :
Data acquisition; Image reconstruction; Motion detection; Pulse measurements; Radiology; Sampling methods; Solid scintillation detectors; Time measurement; Timing; Tomography;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1982.4335904
