Efficient SPECT scatter calculation in non-uniform media using correlated Monte Carlo simulation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1999, Pages

  Beekman, Freek J ^a   De Jong, Hugo W A M ^a   Slijpen, Eddy T P ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; THALLIUM 201;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032769798     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/8/402     Document Type: Article

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