Human PET/CT scanners: Feasibility for oncological in vivo imaging in mice

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 468-472

  Seemann, Marcus D ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Image fusion; In vivo imaging; PET CT; PET CT; Positron emission tomography (PET); Small animal study

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENERAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOUSE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16644387574     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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