Benchmarking a Monte Carlo simulation code on a prototype LSO scanner

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 644-648

  Conti, Maurizio ^a   Casey, Michael E ^a   Eriksson, Lars ^b,c   Eriksson, Marita ^b,c  

^a CPS Innovations   (United States)

^b CTI PET Systems Inc   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lutetium ortho silicate (LSO) scintillators; Monte Carlo simulation; Panel detectors; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

DEPOSITED ENERGY SPECTRA; LUTETIUM-ORTHO-SILICATE SCINTILLATORS; PANEL DETECTORS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036624349     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.1039543     Document Type: Article

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