Convolution-based forced detection Monte Carlo simulation incorporating septal penetration modeling

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 967-974

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

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Hamilton Health Sciences ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Modelling; Monte Carlo; SPECT

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; CORRELATION METHODS; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; FUNCTIONS; GEOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHOTONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RAY TRACING; REPAIR; RESTORATION; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TABLE LOOKUP; TELEMETERING SYSTEMS;

COLLIMATOR RESPONSE; COMPUTATION SPEEDS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (CC); EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FORCED DETECTION; GEOMETRIC RESPONSE; HIGH ACCURACY; HIGH ENERGIES; HIGH-SPATIAL-RESOLUTION; IN ORDER; LOOK UP TABLE (LUT); MONTE CARLO (MC); MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (MCS); PHOTON TRANSPORT; POINT SOURCES; PROJECTION IMAGING; RECONSTRUCTED IMAGES; RECONSTRUCTION PROCESSES; SEPTAL PENETRATION; SPECT IMAGING; STORAGE SPACES;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 45849099865     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.924079     Document Type: Conference Paper

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