Randoms simulation for dual head coincidence imaging of cylindrically symmetric source distributions

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1156-1164

  Swan, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUAL HEAD COINCIDENCE IMAGING (DHCI);

ATTENUATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0033349469     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.790850     Document Type: Article

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