Optimization technique for a prompt gamma-ray SPECT collimator system

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 387-400

  Ishikawa, Masayori ^a   Kobayashi, Tooru ^b   Sakurai, Yoshinori ^b   Kanda, Keiji ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy; Collimator system; Dosimetry; Optimization technique; Prompt Gammra ray SPECT (PG SPECT)

Indexed keywords

BORON; GAMMA RAYS; PARTICLE BEAMS;

ABSORBED DOSE; BACKGROUND RADIATION; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; BORON NEUTRONCAPTURE THERAPY; COLLIMATOR SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PROMPT GAMMA-RAYS; PROMPT GAMMRUM-RAY SPECT; THERAPY TREATMENT; TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM;

SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; GAMMA RADIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; RADIOMETRY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; GAMMA RAYS; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0035750629     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.42.387     Document Type: Article

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