Title :
Monte Carlo simulation of a dental Positron Emission Tomograph and image reconstruction of scatter and true coincidence events
Author :
Valastyan, I. ; Colarieti-Tosti, M. ; Ren, Weiqiang ; Turco, Antonio ; Kerek, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Med. Eng., R. Inst. of Technol., Stockholm, Sweden
fDate :
Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012
Abstract :
Detection of inflammation with nuclear medical imaging techniques [1], especially using PET, has an important role because the location of the disease helps the doctor in the choice of the treatment. In dental applications, the proper treatment of the inflammation might save a tooth.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; dentistry; diseases; image reconstruction; medical image processing; patient treatment; positron emission tomography; Monte Carlo simulation; dental positron emission tomography; disease; image reconstruction; inflammation detection; nuclear medical imaging techniques; tooth;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2028-3
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551795
