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. 2021 Oct 23;21(21):7037. doi: 10.3390/s21217037
ADC Analog-to-Digital Converter
APD Avalanche Photo Diode
ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
CBF Cerebral Blood Flow
CNC Computerized Numerical Control
CPU Central Processing Unit
CRT Coincidence Resolving Time
CT Computed Tomography
CTW Coincidence Timing Window
DAC Digital-to-Analog Converter
DAQ Data Acquisition
DHM Detector Head Module
DOI Depth Of Interaction
dSiPM digital SiPM
EPI Echo-Planar-Imaging
FDG 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose
FOV Field Of View
FWHM Full Width at Half Maximum
FPGA Field-Programmable Gate Array
GATE GEANT4 Application for Emission Tomography
G-APD Geiger-mode APD
GUI Graphical User Interface
IC Integrated Circuit
ICSR Inter-Crystal Scatter Recovery
LC Lucent Connector
LDO Low Dropout Regulator
LGSO Lutetium Gadolinium Oxyortho Silicate
LSZH Low Smoke Zero Halogen
LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signaling
LYSO Lutetium Yttrium Oxyortho Silicate
MLEM Maximum-Likelihood Expectation-Maximization
MPPC Multi Pixel Photon Counter
MR Magnetic Resonance
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MTP Multi-fiber Termination Push-on/Pull-off
NECR Noise-Equivalent Count Rate
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturers Association
NEMA-NU4 NEMA Standards Publication NU 4-2008
OSEM Ordered Subset Expectation Maximization
OM3 Optical Multimode 3
PCB Printed Circuit Board
PET Positron Emission Tomography
PETA6SE Position-Energy-Timing Application Specific Integrated Circuit, version 6, Single Ended
PLL Phase-Locked-Loop
QDC Charge-to-Digital Converter
RAM Random Access Memory
RF Radio Frequency
SAFIR Small Animal Fast Insert for MRI
SAFIR-I Small Animal Fast Insert for MRI detector I
SAFIR-II Small Animal Fast Insert for MRI detector II
SBD SAFIR Bias Distribution
SBT SAFIR Bias and Temperature
SDIP SAFIR Digital Interface Board PETA
SFCD SAFIR Fast Control Distribution
SFCM SAFIR Fast Control Master
SFP Small Form-factor Pluggable
SiPM Silicon Photomultiplier
SNR Signal-to-Noise Ratio
SPOW SAFIR Power Converter
SPPD SAFIR Primary Power Distribution
SP6 SAFIR PETA6 Board
SSD Solid State Disk
SSPD SAFIR Secondary Power Distribution
STIR Software for Tomographic Image Reconstruction
TAC Time-Activity Curve
TDC Time-to-Digital Converter
TOF Time-of-Flight
UDP User Datagram-Protocol
UPC Ultra Physical Contact
USB Universal Serial Bus
USR Ultra Shield Refrigerated