Simulation of Compton camera imaging with a specific purpose Monte Carlo code

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 673-680

  Earnhart, Jonathan ^a,b   Prettyman, Thomas ^b   Lestone, John ^b   Gardner, Robin ^a  

^a Box 7909 Nucl Eng Dept N C   (United States)

^b Safeguards Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Compton camera; Gamma ray imaging; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; ERROR DETECTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SCATTERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COMPTON CAMERA; COMPTON SCATTERING PHYSICS; DOPPLER BROADENING; INCOHERENT SCATTERING; PATHWAY SAMPLING VARIANCE REDUCTION TECHNIQUES;

GAMMA RADIOGRAPHY;

CALCULATION; CAMERA; COMPTON EFFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034670305     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00203-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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