Monte Carlo simulation of primary electron production inside an a-selenium detector for x-ray mammography: Physics

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 3717-3738

  Sakellaris, T ^a   Spyrou, G ^a,b   Tzanakos, G ^c   Panayiotakis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SCATTERING; SELENIUM; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY; ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; PHOTON INTERACTIONS;

ELECTRONS;

ARTICLE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SELENIUM; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS; X-RAYS;

EID: 23744490397     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/16/005     Document Type: Article

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