Monte carlo simulation of breast tumor imaging properties with compact

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6 PART 3, 1999, Pages 2119-2123

  Gruber, G J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; GAMMA RAYS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

BREAST TUMOR IMAGING; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE; STATISTICAL NOISE; TUMOR TO BACKGROUND TISSUE UPTAKE RATIO;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0033312214     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.819292     Document Type: Article

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