Experimental validation of a rapid Monte Carlo based micro-CT simulator

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 4321-4333

  Colijn, A P ^a   Zbijewski, Wojtek ^a   Sasov, A ^b   Beekman, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b SkyScan Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STAINLESS STEEL; X RAYS;

ALUMINIUM SLABS; MICRO-CT SIMULATOR; VOXELIZED SOFTWARE PHANTOM;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAT; SIMULATOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 4644330583     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/18/009     Document Type: Article

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