GPU-based optical propagation simulator of a laser-processed crystal block for the X'tal cube PET detector

Radiological Physics and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-42

  Ogata, Yuma ^a   Ohnishi, Takashi ^a   Moriya, Takahiro ^b   Inadama, Naoko ^c   Nishikido, Fumihiko ^c   Yoshida, Eiji ^c   Murayama, Hideo ^c   Yamaya, Taiga ^a,c   Haneishi, Hideaki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depth of interaction; Graphics processing units; Positron emission tomography; Scintillation detectors; X'tal cube

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; HISTOGRAM; LASER; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROPROCESSOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PET SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SILICON; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84896028546     PISSN: 18650333     EISSN: 18650341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12194-013-0228-z     Document Type: Article

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