Investigation of the scatter contribution in single photon transmission measurements by means of monte carlo simulations

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1184-1190

  Wegmann, K ^a   Adam, L E ^a   Livieratos, L ^a   Zaers, J ^a   Bailey, D L ^a   Brix, G ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SINGLE PHOTON TRANSMISSION (SPT) SOURCES;

CESIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033321482     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.790854     Document Type: Article

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