Realistic X-ray CT simulation of the XCAT phantom with SINDBAD

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3980-3983

  Tabary, Joachim ^a   Marache Francisco, Simon ^b,c   Valette, Sébastien ^b   Segars, W Paul ^d   Lartizien, Carole ^b  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical imaging simulation; Monte Carlo; SINDBAD; X ray CT; XCAT phantom

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC MODELS; COMPUTATION TIME; COMPUTING TIME; CT IMAGE; CT SCANNERS; EFFICIENT SIMULATION; MEDICAL IMAGING SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; SCATTER RADIATION; SIMULATION SOFTWARE; SIMULATION TOOL; X RAY CT IMAGES; X-RAY CT;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; TOOLS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77951191714     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5401942     Document Type: Conference Paper

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