Characterization of scatter and penetration using Monte Carlo simulation in 131I imaging

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-130

  Dewaraja, Yuni K ^a   Ljungberg, Michael ^b   Koral, Kenneth F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

131I imaging; Monte Carlo simulated data; Penetration; Scatter correction; SPECT

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0033955412     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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