Accelerated SPECT Monte Carlo simulation using multiple projection sampling and convolution-based forced detection

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 560-567

  Liu, Shaoying ^a,b   King, Michael A ^c   Brill, Aaron B ^d   Stabin, Michael G ^d   Farncombe, Troy H ^e  

^a IEEE

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Hamilton Health Sciences ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Modeling; Monte Carlo; Simulation; Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHOTONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

MULTIPLE PROJECTION CONVOLUTION-BASED FORCED DETECTION (MP-CFD); SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 39049144776     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.914038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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