CTmod-A toolkit for Monte Carlo simulation of projections including scatter in computed tomography

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-178

  Malusek, Alexandr ^a   Sandborg, Michael ^a   Carlsson, Gudrun Alm ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cone beam; Monte Carlo; Scatter

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCATTERING;

ANGLE-ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; PLANE ENERGY FLUENCE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; SIMULATION; SPECTRUM; X RAY;

EID: 40849104746     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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