A hybrid approach to simulate multiple photon scattering in X-ray imaging

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 227, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 551-558

  Freud, N ^a   Letang J M ^a   Babot, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Deterministic simulation; Forced detection; Hybrid simulation; Monte Carlo method; Nondestructive testing; Rayleigh and Compton scattering; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY; X RAYS;

COMPTON SCATTERING; DETERMINISTIC SIMULATION; FORCED DETECTION; HYBRID SIMULATION;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 10444239392     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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