Advanced method for calculating the scatter signal contribution in CT detectors by Monte Carlo methods;Beschleunigte methode zur berechnung des streusignals am CT-detektor mittels Monte-Carlo-methode

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-39

  Schmidt, Bernhard ^a   Kalender, Willi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artefacts; Monte Carlo method; Multislice spiral CT; Scatter signal

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PROBABILITY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIMULATION; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

EID: 0037239183     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0939-3889-00135     Document Type: Article

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