Abstract Background Monte Carlo (MC) has been widely used in fields such as biomedicine
and computer graphics owing to its unique capabilities of flexibility, high-accuracy and …

Purpose: Anatomical background presents a major impediment to detectability in 2D
radiography as well as 3D tomosynthesis and cone‐beam CT (CBCT). This article …

Light Scattering Technology for Food Property, Quality and Safety Assessment discusses the
development and application of various light scattering techniques for measuring the …

Purpose: Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is a promising breast cancer screening tool that
has already begun making inroads into clinical practice. However, there is ongoing debate …

Monte Carlo methods commonly used in tissue optics are limited to a layered tissue
geometry and thus provide only a very rough approximation for many complex media such …

Purpose: For the last few years, development and optimization of three‐dimensional (3D) x‐
ray breast imaging systems, such as digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and computed …

OpenMC is a CPU-based Monte Carlo particle transport simulation code recently developed
in the Computa-tional Reactor Physics Group at MIT, and which is currently being evaluated …

Mammography is currently the standard imaging modality used to screen women for breast
abnormalities, and, as a result, it is a tool of great importance for the early detection of breast …

Purpose A cone‐beam CT scanner has been developed for detection and monitoring of
traumatic brain injury and acute intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) at the point of care. This work …

Detection of acute intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) is important for diagnosis and treatment of
traumatic brain injury, stroke, postoperative bleeding, and other head and neck injuries. This …