A general framework to study positron range distributions

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2733-2737

  Cal Gonzalez J ^a   Herraiz, J L ^b   Espana S ^c   Corzo, P M G ^a   Udias J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b M Vision Madrid MIT Consortium   (Spain)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

PET IMAGES; POSITRON EMISSION; POSITRON RANGE; RADIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; RANGE DISTRIBUTION; REALISTIC SIMULATION; SIMULATION PACKAGES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

POSITRONS;

EID: 84858682211     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2011.6152958     Document Type: Conference Paper

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