Fan beam forced detection in GATE

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 4201-4204

  De Beenhouwer, Jan ^a   Staelens, Steven ^a   Lemahieu, Ignace ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION TIME; ENERGY SPECTRA; FAN BEAM COLLIMATOR; FAN BEAMS; FIELD OF VIEWS; FORCED DETECTION; GEOMETRIC RESPONSE; HOLE PATTERNS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATORS; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; SOLID ANGLE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRACKING ALGORITHM; VARIANCE REDUCTION TECHNIQUES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST REDUCTION; DETECTORS; GEOMETRY; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SPECTROSCOPY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 77951185149     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402432     Document Type: Conference Paper

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