Planar and SPECT Monte Carlo acceleration using a variance reduction technique in I131 imaging

Iranian Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 175-182

  Khosravi, Hamid Reza ^a,b   Sarkar, S ^a,c   Takavar, A ^a,d   Saghari, M ^d   Shahriari, M ^e  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b National Radiation Protection Department Iran   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Convolution forced detection; Monte Carlo; Nuclear medicine; SIMIND; SPECT

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE;

EID: 34848903214     PISSN: 23223243     EISSN: 17284562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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