From first principles to current computer applications, Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine, Second Edition: Applications in Diagnostic Imaging covers the applications of Monte Carlo calculations in nuclear medicine and critically reviews them from a diagnostic perspective. Like the first edition, this book explains the Monte Carlo method and the principles behind SPECT and PET imaging, introduces the reader to some Monte Carlo software currently in use, and gives the reader a detailed idea of some possible applications of Monte Carlo in current research in SPECT and PET.

New chapters in this edition cover codes and applications in pre-clinical PET and SPECT. The book explains how Monte Carlo methods and software packages can be applied to evaluate scatter in SPECT and PET imaging, collimation, and image deterioration. A guide for researchers and students developing methods to improve image resolution, it also demonstrates how Monte Carlo techniques can be used to simulate complex imaging systems

Introduction to the Monte Carlo Method

Michael Ljungberg

Variance Reduction Techniques

David R. Haynor and Robert L. Harrison

Anthropomorphic Phantoms: Early Developments and Current Advances

I. George Zubal and W. Paul Segars

The Gamma Camera: Basic Principles

Sven-Erik Strand, Mikael Peterson, and Magnus Dahlbom

Positron Emission Tomography

Kjell Erlandsson and Tomas Ohlsson

The SimSET Program

Robert L. Harrison and Tom K. Lewellen

The SIMIND Monte Carlo Program

Michael Ljungberg

GATE: A Toolkit for Monte Carlo Simulations in Tomography and Radiation Therapy

Irène Buvat, Didier Benoit, and Sébastien Jan

The MCNP Monte Carlo Program

Per Munck af Rosenschöld and Erik Larsson

The EGS Family of Code Systems

Scott J. Wilderman and Yoshihito Namito

ASIM: An Analytic PET Simulator

Brian F. Elston, Claude Comtat, Robert L. Harrison, and Paul Kinahan

Monte Carlo in SPECT Scatter Correction

Kenneth F. Koral and Yuni K. Dewaraja

Monte Carlo in Quantitative 3D PET: Scatter

Robert L. Harrison and Robert S. Miyaoka

Design of Molecular Imaging Systems Assisted by the Monte Carlo Methods

Irène Buvat

Introduction to Task-Based Assessment of Image Quality for Investigators Employing Monte Carlo Simulation of Imaging Systems

Michael A. King

Monte Carlo Method Applied in Nuclear Medicine Dosimetry

Michael Ljungberg