Use of positron emission tomography in animal research

ILAR Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 219-232

  Cherry, Simon R ^a,b   Gambhir, Sanjiv S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Imaging; MicroPET; PET; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; RESEARCH; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0035222861     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.42.3.219     Document Type: Article

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