A high-performance VME-based acquisition system for positron emission mammography

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 electron...

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Main Authors: Abbott, D.J., Weisenberger, A., Majewski, S., Kieper, D., Kross, B., Popov, V., Wojick, R.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Data acquisition
Detectors
Head
Image storage
Mammography
Pixel
Power system modeling
Radioactive decay
Read-write memory
Streaming media
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1082-3654
2577-0829
DOI:10.1109/NSSMIC.2001.1009205