Sensitivity analysis for liver iron measurement through neutron stimulated emission computed tomography: A Monte Carlo study in GEANT4

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-126

  Agasthya, G A ^a,b,c   Harrawood, B C ^a,b,c   Shah, J P ^a,b   Kapadia, A J ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SIZES; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FAST NEUTRONS; GAMMA DETECTORS; GAMMA PHOTONS; GAMMA SPECTRUM; GEANT4 SIMULATION; HIGH-PURITY GERMANIUM; HUMAN LIVER; INELASTIC INTERACTION; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; IRON NUCLEI; MAJOR AXIS; MINIMUM DETECTABLE LEVEL; MONTE CARLO STUDY; NON-INVASIVE IMAGING; PATIENT SIZE; PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION STUDIES; WATER PHANTOM; WET WEIGHT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GERMANIUM; NEUTRONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIMULATED EMISSION; TOMOGRAPHY;

IRON;

IRON;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIVER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HUMANS; IRON; LIVER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 83455225166     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/1/113     Document Type: Article

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