A Monte Carlo study of high-resolution PET with granulated dual-layer detectors

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4 II, 2001, Pages 1490-1495

  Rafecas, M ^a,b   Boning G ^a,c   Pichler, B J ^a,b   Lorenz, E ^c   Schwaiger, M ^b   Ziegler, S I ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparisons; Evaluation; MADPET 2; Monte Carlo methods; Simulation study; Small animal positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

GRANULATED DUAL LAYER DETECTORS; HIGH RESOLUTION POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCATTER FRACTION; SMALL ANIMAL POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

EID: 0035428582     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.958385     Document Type: Conference Paper

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