The effect of detector resolution for quantitative analysis of neutron stimulated emission computed tomography

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6142 III, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bender, Janelle E ^a,b   Floyd, Carey E ^a,b,c   Harrawood, Brian P ^b   Kapadia, Anuj J ^a,b   Sharma, Amy C ^a,b   Jesneck, Jonathan L ^a,b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutrons in Imaging; Novel Methods (OT); Simulation (SIM)

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOLUTIONS; HIGH-RESOLUTION DETECTORS; NEUTRONS IN IMAGING; NOVEL METHODS (OT);

DETECTORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOSPHORS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33745420211     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.652812     Document Type: Conference Paper

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