A Monte Carlo simulation study on coarse septa for scatter correction in 3-D PET

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2133-2138

  Hasegawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Tanaka, Eiichi ^b   Yamashita, Takaji ^b   Watanabe, Mitsuo ^b   Yamaya, Taiga ^c   Murayama, Hideo ^d  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Natl Institute for Nuclear Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coarse septa; Lead tungstate; Monte Carlo method; Position emission tomography (PET); Scatter correction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOACTIVITY; SCATTERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COARSE SEPTA; LEAD TUNGSTATE; SCATTER CORRECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036816760     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.803782     Document Type: Article

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