Describing Compton scattering and two-quanta positron annihilation based on Compton profiles: Two models suited for the Monte Carlo method

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Bohlen T T ^a,b   Ferrari, A ^a   Patera, V ^c,d   Sala, P R ^e  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Detector modelling and simulations I (interaction of radiation with matter, interaction of photons with matter, interaction of hadrons with matter, etc); Gamma camera, SPECT, PET PET CT, coronary CT angiography (CTA); Interaction of radiation with matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864435055     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/7/07/P07018     Document Type: Article

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