Fast, accurate and versatile Monte Carlo method for computing system matrix

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 3644-3648

  Leroux, Jean Daniel ^a,b   Thibaudeau, Christian ^b   Lecomte, Roger ^a,b   Fontaine, Réjean ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTATION COSTS; DETECTOR EFFICIENCY; ENERGY THRESHOLDS; MATRIX COEFFICIENTS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

EID: 48349139390     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436912     Document Type: Conference Paper

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