Thermoacoustic molecular imaging of small animals

Molecular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-123

  Kruger, Robert A ^a   Kiser, William L ^a   Reinecke, Daniel R ^a   Kruger, Gabe A ^a   Miller, Kathy D ^a  

^a OptoSonics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Flourescence; Optical imaging; Optoacoustics; Photoacoustics; Thermoacoustics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; DYES; FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

ANIMALS; PULSED LASER IRRADIATION; THERMOACOUSTIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; THERMOACOUSTIC MOLECULAR IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

COLORING AGENT; INDOCYANINE GREEN;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION; DOSE RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COLORING AGENTS; DIFFUSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDOCYANINE GREEN; KINETICS; LINEAR MODELS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TEMPERATURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0041473366     PISSN: 15353508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/153535003322331993     Document Type: Article

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