Simulation of image detectors in radiology for determination of scatter-to-primary ratios using Monte Carlo radiation transport code MCNP/MCNPX

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2082-2091

  Smans, Kristien ^a,b   Zoetelief, Johannes ^c   Verbrugge, Beatrijs ^b   Haeck, Wim ^d   Struelens, Lara ^a,e   Vanhavere, Filip ^a,e   Bosmans, Hilde ^b  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^e NONE

Author keywords

MCNP MCNPX; Monte Carlo image detector simulation; Radiography tally; Scatter to primary ratio

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FREE ENERGY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

DETECTOR MATERIALS; IMAGE DETECTOR; IMAGE SIMULATIONS; INTEGRATING DETECTORS; MCNP/MCNPX; MONTE CARLO RADIATION TRANSPORT CODE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES; SCATTER-TO-PRIMARY RATIO;

X RAY DETECTORS;

EID: 77952335394     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3377773     Document Type: Article

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