Title :
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
fDate :
6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
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;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2001 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7324-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2001.1009205
