GATE Monte Carlo simulation of a high-sensitivity and high-resolution LSO-based small animal PET camera

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1568-1573

  Baghaei, Hossain ^a,b   Zhang, Yuxuan ^b   Li, Hongdi ^a,b   Wang, Yu ^b   Kim, Soonseok ^b   Ramirez, Rocio A ^b   Liu, Jiguo ^b   Liu, Shitao ^b   Wong, Wai Hoi ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

GATE; Geant4; Monte Carlo simulations; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

LUTETIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE; SMALL ANIMAL POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

CAMERAS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 35348992262     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.905165     Document Type: Article

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