Aliaga Varea, Ramón José(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-05-02)
[EN] Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a non-invasive nuclear medical imaging modality that makes it possible to observe the distribution of metabolic substances within a patient's body after marking them with radioactive ...
Aliaga Varea, Ramón José; Herrero Bosch, Vicente; Monzó Ferrer, José María; Ros García, Ana; Gadea Gironés, Rafael; Colom Palero, Ricardo José(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014-02)
A DAQ architecture for a PET system is presented that focuses on modularity, scalability and reusability. The system defines two basic building blocks: data acquisitors and concentra- tors, which can be replicated in order ...
Aliaga Varea, Ramón José; Monzó Ferrer, José María; Spaggiari, Michele; Ferrando Jódar, Néstor; Gadea Gironés, Rafael; Colom Palero, Ricardo José(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011-08)
Current PET systems with fully digital trigger rely on early digitization of detector signals and the use of digital processors, usually FPGAs, for recognition of valid gamma events on single detectors. Timestamps are ...