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International Journal of Radiology & Medical Imaging Volume 2 (2016), Article ID 2:IJRMI-116, 6 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-446X/2016/116
Research Article
A Monte Carlo Simulation Study of Optimization for Pinhole Collimator Designs with CdTe Semiconductor Gamma Camera System

Se Young Bae1, Jong Seok Kim1, So Jung Lee1, Haenghwa Lee2 and Youngjin Lee1*

1Department of Radiological Science, Eulji University, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
2Department of Radiological Science, Yonsei University, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea
Prof. Youngjin Lee, Department of Radiological Science, Eulji University, 553, Sanseong-daero, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea, Tel: +82-10-4012-3081, Fax: +82-31-740-7351; E-mail: radioyoungj@gmail.com
30 June 2016; 28 September 2016; 30 September 2016
Bae SY, Kim JS, Lee SJ, Lee H, Lee Y (2016) A Monte Carlo Simulation Study of Optimization for Pinhole Collimator Designs with CdTe Semiconductor Gamma Camera System. Int J Radiol Med Imag 2: 116. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-446X/2016/116
© 2016 Bae et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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