A submillimeter resolution fluorescence molecular imaging system for small animal imaging

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 901-911

  Graves, Edward E ^a   Ripoll, Jorge ^a   Weissleder, Ralph ^a   Ntziachristos, Vasilis ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse optical tomography; Fluorescence molecular tomography; Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CCD CAMERAS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; LARGE DATASET; MOLECULAR IMAGING; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY;

DETECTION THRESHOLD; DIFFUSE OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE MOLECULAR TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE TOMOGRAPHY; FLUOROCHROME DISTRIBUTION; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; SUB-MILLIMETER RESOLUTIONS; VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS;

FLUORESCENCE IMAGING;

FLUOROCHROME;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMERA; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038586549     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1568977     Document Type: Article

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