Angular variation of scattering volume and its implications for Compton scattering tomography

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 317-323

  Balogun, F A ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Compton scattering; Field of view; Tomography; Volume

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; GAMMA RADIOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY SCATTERING;

COMPTON SCATTERING TOMOGRAPHY;

TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DENSITOMETRY; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033081338     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(98)00015-3     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Arendtsz N. V., Hussein E. M. A. Energy-spectral Compton scatter imaging - Part I: theory and mathematics. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 42(6):1995;2155-2165.
2. Arendtsz N. V., Hussein E. M. A. Energy-spectral Compton scatter imaging - Part II: experiments. IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 42(6):1995;2166-2172.
3. Balogun F. A., Spyrou N. M. Compton scattering tomography in the study of a dense inclusion in a lighter matrix. Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. B. 83:1993;533-538.
4. Battista J. J., Bronskill M. J. Compton scatter imaging of transverse sections: An overall appraisal and evaluation for radiotherapy planning. Phys. Med. Biol. 26:1981;81-99.
5. Davis J. R. Computed tomography. The Nucleus. 33(3):1996;29-39.
6. Lugger R. D., Horrocks I. A., Speller R. D., Lacey R. J. Low angle X-ray scatter for explosives detection: A geometry optimisation. J. Appl. Rad. Isot. 48(2):1997;215-224.
7. Mooney M. J., Naga S. S. D., Speller R. D., Koligliatis T. Monitoring and correction of multiple scatter during clinical Compton scatter densitometry measurement. Phys. Med. Biol. 41:1996;2399-2410.
8. Norton S. J. Compton scattering tomography. J. Appl. Phys. 76(4):1994;2007-2015.
9. Prettyman T. H., Gardner R. P., Russ J. C., Verghese K. A combined transmission and scattering tomographic approach to composition and density imaging. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 41:1993;327-1341.
10. Shrakawa, Y., Sugimoto, H.m 1996. A study of industrial level measurement based on the use of gamma-ray scattering. Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Fukui University, Vol. 44(2), pp. 265-273.
11. Shrakawa Y., Horikishi K., Amano N. Distance measurement based on Compton scattering. Radioisotopes. 45(10):1996;605-612.