FDG-PET image-based dose distribution in a realistic mouse phantom from Monte Carlo simulations

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1633-1636

  Taschereau, Richard ^b   Chatziioannou, Arion F ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DYNAMIC ACQUISITIONS; MOUSE PHANTOMS; RADIOACTIVE DECAY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; DOSIMETRY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846634061     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596632     Document Type: Conference Paper

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