• DocumentCode
    2560109
  • 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
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    Oct. 27 2012-Nov. 3 2012
  • Firstpage
    3484
  • Lastpage
    3487
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • ISSN
    1082-3654
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-2028-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551795
  • Filename
    6551795
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2560109