Performance evaluation of the microPET focus: A third-generation microPET scanner dedicated to animal imaging

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 455-463

  Tai, Yuan Chuan ^a   Ruangma, Ananya ^a   Rowland, Douglas ^a   Siegel, Stefan ^b   Newport, Danny F ^b   Chow, Patrick L ^c   Laforest, Richard ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Concorde Microsystems Inc ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal PET scanner; Instrumentation; MicroPET; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

LUTETIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PERFORMANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCINTILLATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BRAIN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HEART; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MACACA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART; MACACA; MICE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 17844363989     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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