A Real Time Digital Coincidence Processor for Positron Emission Tomography
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Vol. 33 (1) , 556-559
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.1986.4337164
Abstract
A Real Time Digital Coincidence Processor has been developed for use in the Positron Emission Tomograph (PET) ECAT® scanners manufactured by Computer Technology and Imaging, Inc. (CTI). The primary functions of the Coincidence Processor include: receive from the BGO detector modules serial data, which includes timing information and detector identification; process the received data to form coincidence detector pairs; and present the coincidence pair data to a Real Time Sorter . The primary design emphasis was placed on the Coincidence Processor being able to process the detector data into coincidence pairs at real time rates. This paper will briefly describe the Coincidence Processor and some of the considerations that went into its design.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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- A Multicrystal Two Dimensional BGO Detector System for Positron Emission TomographyIEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 1986