Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine: Applications in Diagnostic Imaging

ISBN-13: 9780367865429 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 357 str.

Michael Ljungberg; Sven-Erik Strand; Michael a. King

Opis

From first principles to current computer applications, this book covers the applications of Monte Carlo calculations in nuclear medicine and critically reviews them from a diagnostic perspective. New chapters in this edition cover codes and applications in pre-clinical PET and SPECT. The book explains how Monte Carlo methods and software packag

Spis treści

Introduction to the Monte Carlo Method. Variance Reduction Techniques. Anthropomorphic Phantoms: Early Developments and Current Advances. The Gamma Camera: Basic Principles. Positron Emission Tomography. The SimSET Program. The SIMIND Monte Carlo Program. GATE: A Toolkit for Monte Carlo Simulations in Tomography and Radiation Therapy. The MCNP Monte Carlo Program. The EGS Family of Code Systems. ASIM: An Analytic PET Simulator. Monte Carlo in SPECT Scatter Correction. Monte Carlo in Quantitative 3D PET: Scatter. Design of Molecular Imaging Systems Assisted by the Monte Carlo Methods. Introduction to Task-Based Assessment of Image Quality for Investigators Employing Monte Carlo Simulation of Imaging Systems. Monte Carlo Method Applied in Nuclear Medicine Dosimetry.

O autorze

Michael Ljungberg is Professor of Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Radition Physics, Lund University.

Sven-Erik Strand is Professor of Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Radition Physics, Lund University.