Simulation of PIXSCAN, a photon counting micro-CT for small animal imaging

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Cassol Brunner, F ^a   Khoury, R ^a   Benoit, D ^a   Meessen, C ^a   Bonissent, A ^a   Morel, C ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Computerized Tomography (CT) and Computed Radiography (CR); Models and simulations; X ray detectors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCANNING; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

ANALYTICAL SIMULATIONS; COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEASUREMENTS; HYBRID PIXEL DETECTORS; PHOTON PROPAGATION; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 70449413462     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/4/05/P05012     Document Type: Article

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