Investigation of different microCT scanner configurations by GEANT4 simulations

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 188-192

  Khodaverdi, Maryam ^a,b   Chatziioannou, Arion F ^c   Weber, Simone ^a   Ziemons, Karl ^a   Hailing, Horst ^a   Pietrzyk, Uwe ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT); Cesium Iodide (CsI); ClearPET; Contrast; Gadolinium Oxysulfide (GdOS); GEANT4; Selenium (Se); X ray detectors; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CESIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING; SELENIUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE (CZT); CESIUM IODIDE (CSI); CLEARPET; CONTRAST; GADOLINIUM OXYSULFIDE (GDOS); GEANT4; X-RAY DETECTORS; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 17644393847     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.843098     Document Type: Article

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