Performance evaluation of the high resolution small animal PET scanner

Biomedical Engineering - Applications, Basis and Communications

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 143-149

  Mok, Seng Peng ^a   Wang, Chao Hsing ^a   Chen, Jyh Cheng ^a   Liu, Ren Shyan ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Animal imaging; MicroPET; Molecular imaging; Performance evaluation; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CRYSTALS; GENES; IMAGE SENSORS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; MOLECULAR IMAGING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GERMANIUM; GLASS FIBER; LUTETIUM OXYORTHOSILICATE; SILICATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; ENERGY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RODENT; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTISCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUBE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0344010598     PISSN: 10162372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4015/S1016237203000213     Document Type: Article

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