T-SPECT: A novel imaging technique for small animal research

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 181-187

  Lackas, Christian ^a   Schramm, Nils U ^a   Hoppin, John W ^a   Engeland, Uwe ^b   Wirrwar, Andreas ^c   Halling, Horst ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Scivis GmbH   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

High resolution; High sensitivity; Molecular imaging; Multipinhole tomography; Small animal imaging; Translatory SPECT

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOTHERAPY;

HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MULTIPINHOLE TOMOGRAPHY; SMALL-ANIMAL IMAGING; TRANSLATORY SPECT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 17644388094     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.843615     Document Type: Article

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