Monte Carlo simulation in PET and SPECT instrumentation using GATE

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 527, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 180-189

  Assié, Karine ^a   Breton, Vincent ^b   Buvat, Irène ^a   Comtat, Claude ^c   Jan, Sébastien ^c   Krieguer, Magalie ^d   Lazaro, Delphine ^b   Morel, Christian ^e   Rey, Martin ^e   Santin, Giovanni ^e,g   Simon, Luc ^e,h   Staelens, Steven ^f   Strul, Daniel ^e,i   Vieira, Jean Marc ^e   Van De Walle, Rik ^f  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^h INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Emission tomography; GATE; Monte Carlo simulation; Nuclear medicine; PET; SPECT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

DECAY KINETICS; EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FULL WAVE AT HALF MAXIMUM (FWHM); SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 2942748643     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.03.117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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