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A Monte Carlo correction for the effect of Compton scattering in 3-D PET brain imaging

Levin et al., 1995

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1894941834193117403
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Levin C
Dahlbom M
Hoffman E
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IEEE transactions on nuclear science

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A Monte Carlo simulation has been developed to simulate and correct for the effect of Compton scatter in 3-D acquired PET brain scans. The method utilizes the 3-D reconstructed image volume as the source intensity distribution for a photon-tracking Monte Carlo …
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