An anthropomorphic phantom integrated EGS4 Monte Carlo code and its application in Compton probe

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Zhang, L ^a   Wilderman, S J ^a   Clinthorne, N H ^b   Rogers, W L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TUMORS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOM; COMPTON PROBE; MONTE CARLO PROGRAM; TUMOR DETECTION;

NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

EID: 0034593575     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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