A Monte Carlo investigation of dual-planar circular-orbit cone-beam SPECT

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 4357-4370

  Lalush, David S ^a   DiMeo, Andrew J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERGONOMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TOMOGRAPHY;

LOW-ENERGY HIGH-RESOLUTION (LEHR) STANDARDS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

BRAIN; CAMERA; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0037153876     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/24/304     Document Type: Review

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