Efficient simulation of SPECT down-scatter including photon interactions with crystal and lead

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2001, Pages 1517-1521

  De Jong, Hugo W A M ^a   Wang, Wen Tung ^a   Frey, Eric C ^a   Beekman, Freek J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTONS;

DOWN SCATTER SIMULATION; LOWER ENERGY ISOTOPE; SIMULTANEOUS EMISSION TRANSMISSION IMAGING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035554846     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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