Preliminary Tests of a Prototype System for Optical and Radionuclide Imaging in Small Animals

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 1693-1701

  Celentano, L ^a   Laccetti, P ^a   Liuzzi, R ^b   Mettivier, G ^a   Montesi, M C ^a,c   Autiero, M ^b   Riccio, P ^a   Roberti, G ^b   Russo, P ^a,c   Salvatore, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Nuclear imaging; Optical imaging; Radiation detectors

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE; GAMMA RAYS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TUMORS;

DIGITAL IMAGE SUBTRACTION;

IMAGING SYSTEMS;

EID: 10744225618     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.817408     Document Type: Article

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