Monte Carlo simulation of discrete γ-ray detectors

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 545, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 699-704

  Bakkali, A ^a   Tamda, N ^a   Parmentier, M ^a   Chavanelle, J ^a   Pousse, A ^a   Kastler, B ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Botanique et cryptogamie   (France)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Nuclear medicine; Pixellated crystal; PSPMT array; SPECT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRYSTALS; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; TUMORS;

DETECTION PROCESSES; PIXELLATED CRYSTALS; POSITION SENSITIVE PHOTOMULTIPLIERS TUBES (PSPMT) ARRAY; SPECT;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 19944392920     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.01.344     Document Type: Article

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