Combination of MCNP and SimSET for Monte Carlo simulation of SPECT with medium- and high-energy photons

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 668-674

  Du, Y ^b   Frey, E C ^a,b   Wang, W T ^b   Tocharoenchai, C ^b   Baird, W H ^b   Tsui, B M W ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collimator scatter; Monte Carlo (MC) simulation; Septal penetration; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Indexed keywords

COLLIMATOR SCATTER; MONTE CARLO N-PARTICLE TRANSPORT CODE SYSTEM; SEPTAL PENETRATION; SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036624601     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.1039547     Document Type: Article

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