3-D Monte Carlo-based scatter compensation in quantitative I-131 SPECT reconstruction

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2004, Pages 3653-3657

  Dewaraja, Yuni K ^a   Ljungberg, Michael ^b   Fessler, Jeffrey A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHIC METHODS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITRONS;

FIELD OF VIEW (FOV); MONTE CARLO BASED SCATTER MODELING (MCS); RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY (RT); TRIPLE ENERGY WINDOW;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 23844510260     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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