A 3D high-resolution gamma camera for radiopharmaceutical studies with small animals

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 501-508

  Loudos, G K ^a   Nikita, K S ^a   Giokaris, N D ^b,c   Styliaris, E ^b   Archimandritis, S C ^d   Varvarigou, A D ^d   Papanicolas, C N ^b,c   Majewski, S ^e   Weisenberger, D ^e   Pani, R ^f   Scopinaro, F ^f   Uzunoglu, N K ^a   Maintas, D ^g   Stefanis, K ^h  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^e THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g Institute of Isotopic Studies   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

High resolution; PSPMT; Radiopharmaceutical studies; Small animal imaging; SPECT

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; TOMOGRAPHY;

RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

GAMMA RAYS;

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037381401     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(03)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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