Numerical simulation of isotope production for positron emission tomography with laser-accelerated ions

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Lefebvre, Erik ^a   D'Humìres, Emmanuel ^a,b   Fritzler, Sven ^c   Malka, Victor ^d  

^a CEA DAM DIF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^d LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERACTION PARAMETERS; ION ACCELERATION; ION TRANSPORT; LASER INTENSITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONS; ISOTOPES; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845755441     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2362908     Document Type: Article

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