Tomographic bioluminescence imaging by use of a combined optical-PET (OPET) system: A computer simulation feasibility study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 4225-4241

  Alexandrakis, George ^a   Rannou, Fernando R ^b   Chatziioannou, Arion F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHOTONS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TISSUE;

OPTICAL-(PET) (OPET); PHOTON TRANSPORT; SOURCE LOCALIZATION; TOMOGRAPHIC BIOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL;

EID: 24044542348     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/17/021     Document Type: Article

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