Validation of PET-SORTEO Monte Carlo simulations for the geometries of the MicroPET R4 and Focus 220 PET scanners

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 4845-4862

  Lartizien, C ^a   Kuntner, C ^b   Goertzen, A L ^c,d   Evans, A C ^c   Reilhac, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b ARC SEIBERSDORF RESEARCH GMBH   (Austria)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e CERMEP IMAGERIE DU VIVANT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SCANNING;

OPTIMIZED ACQUISITION; REALISTIC RODENT IMAGES; SIMULATION MODELS; SIMULATION TOOLS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RODENT; SIMULATION; VALIDATION STUDY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 34547751970     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/16/009     Document Type: Article

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