A data acquisition architecture for a RPC-based small animal pet

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2007

Authors

Loureiro, CFM (Author) Other; Clemncio, FMC (Author) Other; Correia, CMBA (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: 2007 IEEE NUCLEAR SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM CONFERENCE RECORD, VOLS 1-11

Pages: 525-526

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium/Medical Imaging Conference

Honolulu, HI, OCT 26-NOV 03, 2007

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Authenticus ID: P-004-F54

DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2007.4436384

Abstract (EN): On-going work suggests that a RPC-based small animal pet camera can be built with a FWHM resolution below 0.5 mm and at a very competitive cost. The camera being developed demands a high-resolution data acquisition system along with very good trigger coincidence detection and on-line data reduction. In this paper the actual system specifications are given and a solution is discussed. The elected solution includes the development of four similar data acquisition modules, each with 16 channels based on 12-bit, 70 MSPS ADCs with LVDS outputs, dedicated memory, trigger logic, processing unit, and a USB 2.0 interface. The trigger and data processing logic of each module were placed inside a Xilinx-4 Virtex FGPA. The proposed solution allows a cheap and efficient system to be constructed in a PC-centric way.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 2