Monte Carlo simulations of a high-resolution X-ray CT system for industrial applications

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 583, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 313-323

  Miceli, A ^a,b   Thierry, R ^a   Flisch, A ^a   Sennhauser, U ^a   Casali, F ^b   Simon, M ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Hans Walischmiller GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Area detector; Cone beam computed tomography; GEANT4; Monte Carlo simulation; Scatter; X ray beam

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AREA DETECTORS; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GEANT4;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 36248981501     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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