LuCaS2: Efficient Monte Carlo simulations of serial PET scans for assessing detection and quantification methods used in patient monitoring

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3917-3919

  Stute, Simon ^a   Necib, Hatem ^a   Grotus, Nicolas ^a   Tylski, Perrine ^a   Rehfeld, Niklas ^a   Buvat, Irène ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL TIME; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OBJECTIVE EVALUATION; PET IMAGES; PET IMAGING; PET SCAN; QUANTIFICATION METHODS; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SIMULATED IMAGES; SIMULATION APPROACH; SIMULATION TOOLKITS; SINOGRAMS; THERAPY MONITORING; TUMOR RESPONSE; VOLUME CHANGE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 77951162556     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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