A hybrid approach to simulate X-ray imaging techniques, combining Monte Carlo and deterministic algorithms

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5 I, 2005, Pages 1329-1334

  Freud, Nicolas ^a   Létang, Jean Michel ^a   Babot, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Deterministic simulation; Dose calculation; Forced detection; Hybrid simulation; Monte Carlo method; Rayleigh and Compton scattering; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

DETERMINISTIC SIMULATION; DOSE CALCULATION; FORCED DETECTION; HYBRID SIMULATION; RAYLEIGH AND COMPTON SCATTERING; X-RAY IMAGING;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 29144490757     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.858223     Document Type: Article

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