Monte Carlo Simulation of Transmission Studies using a Planar Source with a Parallel Collimator and a Line Source with a Fan-Beam Collimator

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 1577-1584

  Ljungberg, Michael ^a   Strand, Sven Erik ^a   Rajeevan, Nallakkandi ^b   King, Michael A ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAN BEAM COLLIMATOR; PARALLEL COLLIMATOR; PHOTON ATTENUATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CALCULATIONS; CAMERAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIGHT EMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SCATTERING; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0028493983     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.322952     Document Type: Article

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