Performance evaluation of the microPET R4 PET scanner for rodents

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 737-747

  Knoess, Christof ^a   Siegel, Stefan ^b   Smith, Anne ^b   Newport, Danny ^b   Richerzhagen, Norbert ^a   Winkeler, Alexandra ^a,c   Jacobs, Andreas ^a,c,d   Goble, Rhonda N ^b   Graf, Rudolf ^a   Wienhard, Klaus ^a   Heiss, Wolf Dieter ^a,c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Concorde Microsystems Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Center for Molecular Medicine   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

MicroPET; Molecular imaging; Performance evaluation; PET; Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENERGY; EVALUATION; IMAGE QUALITY; MOUSE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PARAMETER; PERFORMANCE; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAT; RODENT;

EID: 12444305008     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-002-1052-6     Document Type: Article

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