An object-oriented Monte Carlo simulator for 3D cylindrical positron tomographs

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-145

  Zaidi, H ^a   Herrmann Scheurer, A ^b   Morel, C ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Image reconstruction; Monte Carlo; Object oriented programming; PET; Scatter simulation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PHOTONS;

PHOTON ABSORPTION; PHOTON SCATTERING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPTON EFFECT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0344859870     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2607(98)00078-9     Document Type: Article

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