Practical aspects of in situ 16O (γ,n) 15O activation using a conventional medical accelerator for the purpose of perfusion imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1669-1678

  Oldham, M ^a   Sapareto, S A ^b   Li, X A ^c   Allen, J ^d   Sutlief, S ^e   Wong, O C ^a   Wong, J W ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Elekta AB   (Sweden)

^e VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

15O activation; In situ; Perfusion imaging; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; MOLECULES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OXYGEN; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

ACTIVATION PROCESS; COINCIDENCE COUNTING; CONVENTIONAL FILTRATION; HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; MEDICAL ACCELERATOR; PERFUSION IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); SPATIAL INFORMATIONS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DEVICE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; PERFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0034857347     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1386777     Document Type: Article

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