Improved numerical integration for analytical photon distribution in SPECT

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 3548-3554

  Humphries, T ^a,b   Celler, A ^a,c   Trummer, M R ^b  

^a IEEE

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical calculation; Compton scatter; Numerical quadrature; SPECT

Indexed keywords

COMPTON SCATTERING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA PROCESSING; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTEGRATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; AND DETECTIONS; COMPTON SCATTER; DATA PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; FAST COMPUTATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL COMPONENTS; GAUSSIAN QUADRATURES; HIGH DIMENSIONS; INTEGRATION METHODS; INTEGRATION PROBLEMS; INTEGRATION SCHEMES; NUMERICAL INTEGRATION METHODS; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; NUMERICAL QUADRATURE; PHOTON DISTRIBUTIONS; QUADRATURE METHODS; ROMBERG INTEGRATIONS; SCATTERED PHOTONS; SINGLE PHOTONS; SINGLE PROCESSORS; SPECT; SPEED-UP;

SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 48349113039     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436893     Document Type: Conference Paper

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