Simulation of scattering and attenuation of 511 keV photons in a combined PET/field-cycled MRI system

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2479-2491

  Handler, William B ^a   Gilbert, Kyle M ^a   Peng, Hao ^a   Chronik, Blaine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; POSITRONS; SCATTERING; TOMOGRAPHY;

GEANT; GRADIENT COILS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET);

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33646485976     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/10/008     Document Type: Article

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