A scatter correction method for t1-201 images: A monte carlo investigation

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 1179-1186

  Hademenos, George J ^a   King, Michael A ^a   Ljungberg, Michael ^b   Zubal, I George ^c   Harrell, Charles R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS;

DUAL PHOTOPEAK WINDOWS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0027649657     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.256733     Document Type: Article

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