Performance analysis of an improved 3D PET Monte Carlo simulation and scatter correction

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages

  Holdsworth, C H ^a   Levin, C S ^b,c   Janecek, M ^a   Dahlbom, M ^a   Hoffman, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

INNOVATIVE VARIANCE REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; SCATTER CORRECTION METHOD;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034594055     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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