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This text aims to explain the Monte Carlo method; introduce the reader to some Monte Carlo software packages, developed and used by different research groups; and to give the reader a detailed idea of some possible aplications of Mont Carlo in current research in SPECT and PET. A significant part of the book describes the physics and technology behind the simulated imaging detectors and systems. This is to familiarize the reader with the systems and to give understanding of the complexity of the systems that Monte Carlo programs are intended to simulate. The book is intended for use both for education at graduate and undergraduate levels and as a reference book on the Monte Carlo method in diagnostic nuclear medicine.

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very interesting and useful ... many chapters [contain]... very detailed information about ... methodology ... helpful discussion of ... underlying science and technology ... good breadth of applications and approaches ... extensive references. I recommend the book for the library shelf and for any researcher using or intending to use the Monte Carlo technique in this rapidly developing field. Physics in Medicine & Biology unique ... brings together the essential elements of the applications of MC techniques to diagnostic nuclear medicine ... a resource for the scientist ... valuable refererence ... for the research student ... postgraduate courses could usefully use this as a recommended text. ... chapters ... grouped to emphasize the aims of the book and are well edited to provide a uniformity of style and presentation. The result is a book which can be read from cover to cover. ... amply illustrated with relevant and helpful diagrams as well as extensive bibliographies ... should be on the bookshelves of both researchers and students of radionuclide imaging ... Peter Jarritt, Scope, Vol 8 No 1 March 1999 Abstracted in INSPEC Database. ... a uniquely well-informed offering on the important topic of Monte Carlo modeling in the development and evaluation of diagnostic imaging systems ... eminently practical (... a vade mecum) for the medical physicist ... a very accessible introduction for those who are just entering the field ... December 1998, Donald Herbert (UAB)for Doody Publishing ... successfully achieves its main objectives of describing Monte Carlo methods, outlining Monte Carlo software packages presented in the literature and covering significant applications in SPET andPET research. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine nteresting and useful ... many chapters [contain]... very detailed information about ... methodology ... helpful discussion of ... underlying science and technology ... good breadth of applications and approaches ... extensive references. I recommend the book for the library shelf and for any researcher using or intending to use the Monte Carlo technique in this rapidly developing field. Physics in Medicine & Biology unique ... brings together the essential elements of the applications of MC techniques to diagnostic nuclear medicine ... a resource for the scientist ... valuable refererence ... for the research student ... postgraduate courses could usefully use this as a recommended text. ... chapters ... grouped to emphasize the aims of the book and are well edited to provide a uniformity of style and presentation. The result is a book which can be read from cover to cover. ... amply illustrated with relevant and helpful diagrams as well as extensive bibliographies ... should be on the bookshelves of both researchers and students of radionuclide imaging ... Peter Jarritt, Scope, Vol 8 No 1 March 1999 Abstracted in INSPEC Database. ... a uniquely well-informed offering on the important topic of Monte Carlo modeling in the development and evaluation of diagnostic imaging systems ... eminently practical (... a vade mecum) for the medical physicist ... a very accessible introduction for those who are just entering the field ... December 1998, Donald Herbert (UAB)for Doody Publishing ... successfully achieves its main objectives of describing Monte Carlo methods, outlining Monte Carlo software packages presented in the literature andcovering significant applications in SPET and PET research. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

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