Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine: APPLICATIONS IN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGINGMichael Ljungberg, Sven-Erik Strand, Michael A. King Monte Carlo (MC) methods have proved invaluable in developing a range of computer programs to enhance images in different modalities, including PET and SPECT. Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine: Applications in Diagnostic Imaging is the first book to cover applications of MC methods in nuclear medicine, from first principles to current computer applications. Written by international contributors, the book reviews different types of computer code and provides reference software packages. It also demonstrates how MC techniques can be used to evaluate scatter in SPECT and PET imaging, collimation, and image deterioration. |
Contents
ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS | 25 |
GENERAL MONTE CARLO CODES FOR USE | 37 |
AN INTRODUCTION TO SCINTILLATION DETECTOR | 54 |
THE SCINTILLATION CAMERABASIC PRINCIPLES | 63 |
THE SIMSET PROGRAM | 86 |
transport in a uniform cylinder | 97 |
Acknowledgments | 106 |
4 | 114 |
ESTIMATION OF THE LUNG REGIONS FROM | 195 |
THE MONTE CARLO METHOD APPLIED IN OTHER | 207 |
POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHYBASIC | 221 |
126 | 224 |
MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF POSITRON | 233 |
SCATTER | 249 |
APPLICATION OF MONTE CARLO METHODS | 273 |
SUMMARY | 289 |
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Emission Tomography: The Fundamentals of PET and SPECT Miles N. Wernick,John N. Aarsvold Limited preview - 2004 |