Neutron stimulated emission computed tomography: A Monte Carlo simulation approach

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6117-6131

  Sharma, A C ^a,b   Harrawood, B P ^b   Bender, J E ^a   Tourassi, G D ^b   Kapadia, A J ^a,b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALS; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; INELASTIC SCATTERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

GERMANIUM CRYSTAL; MULTI-ENERGY SPECTRA; NEUTRON STIMULATED EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (NSECT); TOMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 36048968265     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/20/003     Document Type: Article

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