Validation of a small-animal PET simulation using GAMOS: A GEANT4-based framework

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 273-288

  Canadas M ^a   Arce, P ^a   Rato Mendes, P ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEARPET; COMPARISON STUDY; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; COUNT RATES; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DOUBLE LAYERS; EASE OF USE; ENERGY WINDOWS; GEANT4 CODE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; MADRID , SPAIN; MEASURED RESULTS; MEDICAL PHYSICS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS; NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONS; NEUTRON SHIELDING; OFFLINE; OPTIMIZE DESIGN; PHOSWICH; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SCATTER FRACTIONS; SCINTILLATOR CRYSTALS; SIMULATED DATA; SIMULATED RESULTS; SIMULATION MODEL; SINGLE EVENT; SMALL ANIMAL PET; SPACE PHYSICS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ANIMALS; CRYSTALS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OPTIMIZATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVITY; SHIELDING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOUSE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79551656230     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/1/016     Document Type: Article

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