Design and implementation of a block detector simulation in SimSET

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 3151-3153

  Harrison, Robert L ^a,b   Gillispie, Steven B ^b   Lewellen, Thomas K ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA STRUCTURES; MEDICAL IMAGING;

BLOCK DETECTOR TOMOGRAPHS; DETECTOR MODULE; SPECULATIVE DETECTOR SYSTEMS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 38549159436     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356543     Document Type: Conference Paper

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