Distributed computing platform for PET and SPECT simulations with GATE

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 2437-2440

  De Beenhouwer, Jan ^a   Kruecker, Dirk ^b   Staelens, Steven G ^a   Ferrer, Ludovic ^c   Chatziioannou, Arion F ^d   Rannou, Fernando R ^e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA OUTPUT RATES; NONPARAMETERIZED MACROS; VOXELIZED PHANTOMS;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846564579     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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