Geant4 applications and developments for medical physics experiments

P Rodrigues, R Moura, C Ortigao… - Ieee transactions on …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Geant4 Monte Carlo radiation transport toolkit provides the basic services and
infrastructure required for the development of flexible simulation frameworks and …

Whole-body single-bed time-of-flight RPC-PET: simulation of axial and planar sensitivities with NEMA and anthropomorphic phantoms

P Crespo, J Reis, M Couceiro, A Blanco… - … on Nuclear Science, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A single-bed, whole-body positron emission tomograph based on resistive plate chambers
has been proposed (RPC-PET). An RPC-PET system with an axial field-of-view (AFOV) of …

Resistive plate chambers in positron emission tomography

P Crespo, A Blanco, M Couceiro, NC Ferreira… - The European Physical …, 2013 - Springer
Resistive plate chambers (RPC) were originally deployed for high energy physics. Realizing
how their properties match the needs of nuclear medicine, a LIP team proposed applying …

Applications of GEANT4 in astroparticle experiments

MC Espírito-Santo, P Gonçalves… - … on Nuclear Science, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The GEANT4 Monte Carlo radiation transport toolkit, developed by the RD44 and GEANT4
Collaborations, aims to become a tool of generalized application in high energy physics …

Random correction using singles count rates for DOI positron emission mammography

Y Yamakawa, K Kitamura, Y Yamada… - 2008 IEEE Nuclear …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the aim of realizing the early diagnosis of breast cancer, we are promoting the research
and development of a high-resolution Positron Emission Mammography (PEM). In order to …

Optimization of 2D image reconstruction for positron emission mammography using IDL

N Oliveira, N Matela, R Bugalho, N Ferreira… - Computers in Biology …, 2009 - Elsevier
The Clear-PEM system is a prototype machine for Positron Emission Mammography (PEM)
under development within the Portuguese PET-Mammography consortium. We have …

A Geant4 based engineering tool for Fresnel lenses

J Costa, M Pimenta, B Tomé - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Geant4 is a Monte Carlo radiation transport toolkit that is becoming a tool of generalized
application in areas such as high-energy physics, nuclear physics, astroparticle physics, or …

[PDF][PDF] System matrix calculation for 2D image reconstruction algorithms for the clear-PEM scanner

N Matela, MV Martins, N Oliveira… - Int. J. Tomogr. Stat.; …, 2010 - researchgate.net
The Clear-PEM system is a prototype scanner for Positron Emission Mammography (PEM),
currently under development. In the scope of this project, we have implemented three …

[PDF][PDF] GEANT4 Applications for Astroparticle Experiments

MC Espırito–Santo, P Gonçalves, M Pimenta… - academia.edu
The GEANT4 Monte Carlo radiation transport toolkit, developed by the RD44 and GEANT4
Collaborations, aims to become a tool of generalized application in high energy physics …

Imaging techniques in RPC-PET

PJM Martins - 2014 - search.proquest.com
A tomografia por emissão de positrões baseada em detectores do tipo câmaras de placas
resistivas (RPC-PET) foi proposta para aplicação em ensaios com pequenos animais e na …