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Data acquisition and real-time signal processing in Positron Emission Tomography

OpenPET was developed to be a scalable and flexible design for data acquisition and signal processing in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) systems. The OpenPET hardware design is mature, but the control software and firmware need further development. In this thesis we developed a software application to connect a host PC with an OpenPET system. We also developed data acquisition firmware that allows data transfer to the host PC. A novel design for an OpenPET coincidence detection processor was proposed, with its basic functionality implemented and validated. A novel method to process PET events in real time was also introduced and validated using simulated data. The feasibility of implementation of this method using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) was demonstrated for our OpenPET system.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:MWU.1993/22094
Date23 August 2013
CreatorsLamwertz, Leonid
ContributorsSherif, Sherif S. (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Goertzen, Andrew L. (Physics & Astronomy), Ferens, Ken (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Martin, Jeff (Physics & Astronomy)
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Detected LanguageEnglish

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