Expanding the versatility of a more accurate accelerated Monte Carlo simulation for 3D PET: Data correction of PET emission scans using 124I

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 2105-2109

  Holdsworth, C H ^a   Dahlbom, M ^a   Liu, A ^a   Williams, L ^a   Levin, C S ^a   Janecek, M ^a   Hoffman, E J ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

SCATTER CORRECTION; SIMULATED SINOGRAMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; GAMMA RAYS; ISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035554304     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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