NDLI: Evaluation of a Modular PET System Architecture with Synchronization over Data Links

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Author	Aliaga, R.J. Herrero-Bosch, V. Monzo, J.M. Ros, A. Gadea-Girones, R. Colom, R.J.
Copyright Year	1963
Abstract	A DAQ architecture for a PET system is presented that focuses on modularity, scalability and reusability. The system defines two basic building blocks: data acquisitors and concentrators, which can be replicated in order to build a complete DAQ of variable size. Acquisition modules contain a scintillating crystal and either a position-sensitive photomultiplier (PSPMT) or an array of silicon photomultipliers (SiPM). The detector signals are processed by AMIC, an integrated analog front-end that generates programmable analog outputs which contain the first few statistical moments of the light distribution in the scintillator. These signals are digitized at 156.25 Msamples/s with free-running ADCs and sent to an FPGA which detects single gamma events, extracts position and time information online using digital algorithms, and submits these data to a concentrator module. Concentrator modules collect single events from acquisition modules and perform coincidence detection and data aggregation. A synchronization scheme over data links is implemented that calibrates each link's latency independently, ensuring that there are no limitations on module mobility, and that the architecture is arbitrarily scalable. Prototype boards with both acquisition and concentration functionality have been built for evaluation purposes. The performance of a small PET system with two detectors based on continuous scintillators is presented. A synchronization error below 50 ps rms is measured, and energy resolutions of 19% and 24% and timing resolutions of 2.0 ns and 4.7 ns FWHM are obtained for PMT and SiPM photodetectors, respectively.
Sponsorship	IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Computer Applications in Nuclear and Plasma Sciences (CANPS) Lawrence Berkeley Lab. Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab. APS College of William and Mary Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility NASA Defence Nuclear Agency Sandia National Laboratories Jet Propulsion Laboratory Brookhaven Nat. Lab. Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab IEEE/NPPS Radiat. Effects Committee Defence Nuclear Agency/DoD Sandia National Laboratories/DOE Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA Phillips Lab./DoD
Starting Page	88
Ending Page	98
Page Count	11
File Size	1616495
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00189499
Volume Number	61
Issue Number	1
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2014-01-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Synchronization Clocks Positron emission tomography Detectors Delays Field programmable gate arrays Data acquisition synchronization AMIC clock distribution data acquisition (DAQ) modular electronics positron emission tomography (PET) self-calibration serial links silicon photomultiplier (SiPM)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nuclear and High Energy Physics Electrical and Electronic Engineering Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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