U-SPECT-I: A novel system for submillimeter-resolution tomography with radiolabeled molecules in mice

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1194-1200

  Beekman, Freek J ^a,b   Van Der Have, Frans ^a,b   Vastenhouw, Brendan ^a,b   Van Der Linden, Annemarie J A ^b   Van Rijk, Peter P ^a   Burbach, J Peter H ^b   Smidt, Marten P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Molecular imaging; Mouse; Pinhole; Reconstruction; SPECT

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLENE DIPHOSPHONATE TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE; TETROFOSMIN TC 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; C57BL MOUSE; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 23844518743     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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