A Monte-Carlo simulation study on coarse septa for scatter correction in 3D PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 2110-2114

  Hasegawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Tanaka, Eiichi ^b   Yamashita, Takaji ^b   Watanabe, Mitsuo ^b   Yamaya, Taiga ^c,d   Murayama, Hideo ^c  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSE SEPTA; SCATTER CORRECTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOACTIVITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035554321     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2001.1009240     Document Type: Article

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