Title :
Digital System for Acquisition and Processing of Detected Images
Author :
Abba, A. ; Fiorini, C. ; Geraci, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron.-DEI, Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
fDate :
6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The paper presents the digital electronic system for acquisition and processing of images from the detection stage of a compact and high resolution Anger camera to be used in clinical and research environments. Main features of the system are reconfigurability, linearity, low noise and processing data rate through hardware and firmware architecture solutions that also allow the system to operate in the presence of disturbances and electromagnetic noise, while at the same time minimizing the own radiated emissions.
Keywords :
firmware; gamma-ray detection; high energy physics instrumentation computing; image resolution; nuclear electronics; reconfigurable architectures; silicon radiation detectors; solid scintillation detectors; CsI(Tl) scintillators; HICAM gamma camera; clinical environments; detected image acquisition; detected image processing; digital acquisition system; digital electronic system; electromagnetic noise; firmware architecture solutions; hardware architecture solutions; high resolution Anger camera; processing data rate; processing electronics; radiated emission; research environments; silicon drift detectors; system linearity; system noise; system reconfigurability; Application specific integrated circuits; Cameras; Clocks; Detectors; Field programmable gate arrays; Linearity; Noise; Biomedical imaging; digital acquisition system (DAQ); digital circuits; digital signal processors; programmable logic arrays;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2012.2187799
