GEANT4 simulation of an NSECT system for iron overload detection

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 4604-4607

  Kapadia, Anuj J ^a   Sharma, Amy C ^a   Harrawood, Brian P ^b   Tourassi, Georgia D ^b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTS; GAMMA RAYS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIVER; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRONS; POTASSIUM; STARS; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

BOVINE LIVER TISSUE; COMPUTING RESOURCES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GAMMA-RAY SPECTRUM; GEANT4 SIMULATIONS; HUMAN LIVER; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; IRON NUCLEI; LOWER LIMIT; LOWER LIMIT OF DETECTION; NON-INVASIVE; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; P VALUES; PEAK DETECTION; SIMULATION MODELLING; SYSTEM EVALUATION;

IRON;

EID: 48149103902     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4437134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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