A Monte Carlo program for the simulation of scintillation camera characteristics

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 257-272

  Ljungberg, Michael ^a   Strand, Sven Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Imaging; Monte Carlo; Photon transport; Pile up; Scatter simulation; Scintillation camera; SPECT; Spectrum

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT--RADIONUCLIDES; GAMMA RAYS--DETECTION; MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS--MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS--IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIATION DETECTORS--SIMULATION;

MEDICAL IMAGING NUCLEAR DETECTORS; MONTE CARLO PROGRAMS; PHOTON IMAGING SYSTEMS; SCINTILLATION CAMERA SIMULATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION SCATTERING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0024713937     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-2607(89)90111-9     Document Type: Article

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