A versatile approach for Monte Carlo simulation of tomographic systems

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2785-2788

  Popescu, Lucretiu M ^a   Lewitt, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATORS; GEOMETRIC MODELING; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; TOMOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS;

ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 12144269601     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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