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The data acquisition system of the RatCAP conscious small animal PET tomograph

  • M. L. Purschke
  • , A. Kandasamy
  • , P. O'Connor
  • , J. F. Pratte
  • , D. Schlyer
  • , S. Junnakar
  • , S. J. Park
  • , S. P. Stoll
  • , P. Vaska
  • , C. L. Woody
  • , S. Krishnamoorthy
  • , S. Southekal
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Stony Brook University

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Abstract

We describe the progress made data acquisition system for the RatCAP Tomograph [1], [2]. RatCAP is a small, head-mounted PET detector designed to image the brain of an awake rat. At its core, the tomograph consists of a number of LSO crystals read out with an array of APDs. The data are collected through a custom-designed ASIC, along with a custom VME board. We describe the design, implementation, and performance of a versatile VME-based data acquisition system which will be used to read out the VME board, as well as other off-the-shelf data acquisition electronics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2005 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record -Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference
Pages2942-2943
Number of pages2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
EventNuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2005 IEEE - , Puerto Rico
Duration: Oct 23 2005Oct 29 2005

Publication series

NameIEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record
Volume5
ISSN (Print)1095-7863

Conference

ConferenceNuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2005 IEEE
Country/TerritoryPuerto Rico
Period10/23/0510/29/05

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