A delta-scatter Monte Carlo model of a rotating parallel-hole collimator for131i brain tumor imaging

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 3084-3088

  Tenney, Charles R ^a   Bowsher, James E ^b   Jaszczak, Ronald J ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CAMERAS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PHOTONS; TUMORS; VISUALIZATION;

OFFSET HOLE ARRAYS; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY (RIT); SEPTAL SHADOWS; THERAPEUTIC DOSES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 23844486409     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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