Three-dimensional performance of a small-diameter positron emission tomography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 389-400

  Bloomfield, P M ^a   Myers, R ^a   Hume, S P ^a   Spinks, T J ^a   Lammertsma, A A ^a   Jones, T ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

(R)-2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-8-CHLORO-3-METHYL-5-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPIN-7-OL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CORPUS STRIATUM; KINETICS; RATS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0031044346     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/2/010     Document Type: Article

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