Simulation of light transport in scintillators based on 3D characterization of crystal surfaces

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2185-2198

  Roncali, Emilie ^a   Cherry, Simon R ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D CHARACTERIZATION; DEPTH OF INTERACTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; LIGHT TRANSPORT MODEL; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); SIMULATION TOOLKITS; SURFACE REFLECTANCE PROPERTIES;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; DETECTORS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; IONIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMIZATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REFLECTION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TABLE LOOKUP;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84875337263     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/7/2185     Document Type: Article

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