Related papers: A simulation study on spatial and time resolution …
We perform Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations of granular particles (polystyrene spheres) vibrated inside a cubic container. The study investigates the evolution of the packing fraction with and without rotational friction at…
Monte Carlo simulation is an essential component of experimental particle physics in all the phases of its life-cycle: the investigation of the physics reach of detector concepts, the design of facilities and detectors, the development and…
Positron emission tomography (PET) is the most sensitive biomedical imaging modality for non-invasively detecting and visualizing positron-emitting radiopharmaceuticals within a subject. In PET, measuring the time-of-flight (TOF)…
The reconstruction of smooth density fields from scattered data points is a procedure that has multiple applications in a variety of disciplines, including Lagrangian (particle-based) models of solute transport in fluids. In random walk…
The project OptoTracker aims to investigate a new approach to track charged particles in a scintillating material, by using the optical signal. Our idea is to reconstruct the trajectory of a charged particle by collecting the scintillation…
The various algorithms used to extrapolate particle trajectories from measurements are often very time-consuming with computational complexities which are typically quadratic. In this article, we propose a new algorithm called GEM with a…
Solute transport in fluid-particle systems is a fundamental process in numerous scientific and engineering disciplines. The simulation of it necessitates the consideration of solid particles with intricate shapes and sizes. To address this…
We present scope (Simulated CCD Observations for Photometric Experimentation), a Python package to create a forward model of telescope detectors and simulate stellar targets with motion relative to the CCD. The primary application of this…
Particle tracking simulations with space charge effects are very important for high-intensity proton rings. Since they include not only Hamilton mechanics of a single particle but constructing charge densities and solving Poisson equations…
Positronium is a unique laboratory to study fundamental symmetries in the Standard Model, reflection in space ($\mathcal{P}$), reversal in time ($\mathcal{T}$), charge conjugation ($\mathcal{C}$) and their combinations. The experimental…
Depth distributions of positron-emitting nuclei in PMMA phantoms are calculated within a Monte Carlo model for Heavy-Ion Therapy (MCHIT) based on the GEANT4 toolkit (version 8.0). The calculated total production rates of $^{11}$C, $^{10}$C…
Spent nuclear fuel imaging before disposal is of utmost importance before long term disposal in dedicated storage facilities. Passive Gamma Emission Tomography (PGET) is an approved method by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The…
Uncompressed clinical data from modern positron emission tomography (PET) scanners are very large, exceeding 350 million data points (projection bins). The last decades have seen tremendous advancements in mathematical imaging tools many of…
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging requires accurate attenuation correction (AC) to account for photon loss due to tissue density variations. In PET/MR systems, computed tomography (CT), which offers a straightforward estimation of…
Positron emission tomography (PET) is an important modality for diagnosing diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease, capable of revealing the uptake of radiolabeled molecules that target specific pathological markers of the diseases.…
In positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, statistical iterative reconstruction (IR) techniques appear particularly promising since they can provide accurate system model. The system model matrix which describes the relationship between…
We introduce two improvements in the numerical scheme to simulate collision and slow shearing of irregular particles. First, we propose an alternative approach based on simple relations to compute the frictional contact forces. The approach…
Point-source transient events (PSTEs) - optical events that are both extremely fast and extremely small - pose several challenges to an imaging system. Due to their speed, accurately characterizing such events often requires detectors with…
This paper demonstrates particle tracking velocimetry performed for a model system wherein particle-laden liquid metal flow about a cylindrical obstacle was studied. We present the image processing methodology developed for particle…
We present a nuclear medical imaging technique, employing triple-gamma trajectory intersections from beta^+ - gamma coincidences, able to reach sub-millimeter spatial resolution in 3 dimensions with a reduced requirement of reconstructed…