An essential resource for anyone serious about detectors and electronics in the healthcare sector, this book addresses the state-of-the-art in the design of semiconductor detectors and integrated circuits in the context of medical imaging using ionizing radiation. It includes new, exciting opportunities in X-ray detection, Computer Tomography (CT), bone dosimetry, and nuclear medicine applications such as PET and SPECT. In addition to medical imaging, the book explores other applications of semiconductor radiation detection systems in areas related to security, such as luggage scanning, dirty bomb detection, and border control.
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Biomedical Engineering
Circuits & Devices
Electronics
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Bringing together cutting-edge coverage of wireless and optical networks, this book provides a concise yet complete introduction to these dynamic technologies. Filled with case studies, illustrations, and practical examples from industry, it explains how wireless, wireline, and optical networks work together. Topics covered include wireless networks such as WLAN, WPAN, wireless access, 3G/4G cellular, and RF transmission; optical networks involving long-haul and metropolitan networks, optical fiber, photonic devices, and VLSI chips. The book reports on recent advances in storage, processing, sensors, displays, statistical data analyses, and autonomic systems.
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Networks
Digital & Wireless Communication
Telecommunications
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Written by top-notch experts, this volume addresses the state of the art in CMOS circuit design in the context of system opportunities. This book explores materials such as SiGe, carbon nanotubes, and quantum dots that can potentially take system performance beyond traditional CMOS. Because CMOS circuit implementation is key to understanding emerging technologies, several chapters focus on this area, including low power circuit implementations for microprocessor applications and circuit implementations for biomedical space. The text also discusses such topics as digital radio processing for wireless communications and circuits for medical imaging.
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Circuits & Devices
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Digital & Wireless Communication
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Professional

This work explores the state-of-the-art in CMOS design in the context of wireless communication for 3G/4G cellular telephony, wireless sensor networks, and wireless medical applications. It explores groundbreaking coverage of emerging wireless technologies beyond standard WLAN and 3G cell phone applications, including the potential merger of silicon and MEMs technologies. Chapters written by international experts highlight promising new advances in areas such as body area networks, medical implants, satellite communications, automobile radar detection, and wearable electronics. This text is an excellent reference for engineers and graduate students interested in wireless design and low-power issues.
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Digital & Wireless Communication
Microelectronics
Electronics
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Professional