Monte Carlo simulation of the Compton scattering technique applied to characterize diagnostic x-ray spectra

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2082-2090

  Gallardo, S ^a   Rodenas J ^a   Verdu G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compton spectrometry; Germanium detector; Pile up; Pulse height distribution; Radiodiagnostic; X ray

Indexed keywords

COMPTON SCATTERING; DIAGNOSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PILES; X RAY SPECTROGRAPHS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

COMPTON; GERMANIUM DETECTOR; PILE-UPS; PULSE HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; RADIODIAGNOSTIC;

X RAY DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPTON EFFECT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SIMULATION; SPECTROMETER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

EID: 3142736392     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1759827     Document Type: Article

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