Monte Carlo calculations in nuclear medicine : applications in diagnostic imaging /: applications in diagnostic imaging. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Michael Ljungberg, Sven-Erik Strand, Michael A. King.
• Editors: Ljungberg, Michael; Strand, Sven-Erik; King, Michael A
• Contents: Introduction to the Monte Carlo Method; Michael Ljungberg; Variance Reduction Techniques; David R. Haynor and Robert L. Harrison; Anthropomorphic Phantoms: Early Developments and Current Advances; I. George Zubal and W. Paul Segars; The Gamma Camera: Basic Principles; Sven-Erik Strand, Mikael Peterson, and Magnus Dahlbom; Positron Emission Tomography; Kjell Erlandsson and Tomas Ohlsson; The SimSET Program; Robert L. Harrison and Tom K. Lewellen; The SIMIND Monte Carlo Program; Michael Ljungberg; GATE: A Toolkit for Monte Carlo Simulations in Tomography and Radiation Therapy; Irène Buvat, Didier Benoit, and Sébastien Jan; The MCNP Monte Carlo Program; Per Munck af Rosenschöld and Erik Larsson; The EGS Family of Code Systems; Scott J. Wilderman and Yoshihito Namito; ASIM: An Analytic PET Simulator; Brian F. Elston, Claude Comtat, Robert L. Harrison, and Paul Kinahan; Monte Carlo in SPECT Scatter Correction; Kenneth F. Koral and Yuni K. Dewaraja; Monte Carlo in Quantitative 3D PET: Scatter; Robert L. Harrison and Robert S. Miyaoka; Design of Molecular Imaging Systems Assisted by the Monte Carlo Methods; Irène Buvat; Introduction to Task-Based Assessment of Image Quality for Investigators Employing Monte Carlo Simulation of Imaging Systems; Michael A. King; Monte Carlo Method Applied in Nuclear Medicine Dosimetry; Michael Ljungberg
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.07/54; Monte Carlo method; Diagnostic imaging; MEDICAL -- Radiology & Nuclear Medicine; SCIENCE -- Physics; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Biomedical; MEDICAL -- Diagnosis; MEDICAL -- Diagnostic Imaging; Diagnostic imaging; Monte Carlo method; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439841105; 1439841101
• Related ISBNs: 9781439841099; 1439841098
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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