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 |