Monte Carlo simulation for the ECAT EXACT HR+ system using GATE

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3 I, 2005, Pages 627-633

  Jan, Sébastien ^a   Comtat, C ^a   Strul, D ^b   Santin, G ^b   Trebossen R ^a  

^a SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Counting rate; GATE; Geant4; Magnetic field; Monte Carlo simulations; Positron emission tomography (PET); Positron range

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTONS; SCANNING;

COUNTING RATE; GATE; GEANT4; POSITRON RANGE;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 23844499173     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.851461     Document Type: Article

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