Performance evaluation of microPET: A high-resolution lutetium oxyorthosilicate PET scanner for animal imaging

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1164-1175

  Chatziioannou, Arion F ^a   Cherry, Simon R ^b   Shao, Yiping ^b   Silverman, Robert W ^b   Meadors, Ken ^b   Farquhar, Thomas H ^b   Pedarsani, Marjan ^b   Phelps, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Animal imaging; Instrumentation; Performance evaluation; PET

Indexed keywords

3BETA (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2BETA TROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; 3BETA (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2BETA TROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER C 11; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GERMANIUM; ISOTOPE; LANTHANIDE; LUTETIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEVICE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; CATS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUTETIUM; MICE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0032978691     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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