A simulation-based assessment of the revised NEMA NU-2 70-cm long test phantom for PET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2001, Pages 1466-1470

  Badawi, R D ^a   Adam, L E ^a   Zimmerman, R E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ACTIVITY; ATTENUATION DISTRIBUTION; SODIUM IODIDE;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035554663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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