Implementation of angular response function modeling in SPECT simulations with GATE

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Descourt, P ^a   Carlier, T ^b,c   Du, Y ^d   Song, X ^d   Buvat, I ^e   Frey, E C ^d   Bardies, M ^b   Tsui, B M W ^d   Visvikis, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b Team 12   (France)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d J Hopkins University   (United States)

^e Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION FACTORS; ANGULAR RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; HIGH ENERGY; IODINE-131; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NOISE LEVELS; SIEMENS; SIMULATION PLATFORM; SIMULATION RESULT; SIMULATION TIME; SPECT SYSTEM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IODINE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOLDERED JOINTS; STANDARDS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BENCHMARKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 77951188004     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/9/N04     Document Type: Article

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