Hybrid positron detection and optical coherence tomography system: Design, calibration, and experimental validation with rabbit atherosclerotic models

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Piao, Daqing ^a   Sadeghi, Mehran M ^b   Zhang, Jiasheng ^b   Chen, Yueli ^a   Sinusas, Albert J ^b   Zhu, Quing ^a  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical optics; Coherent optical systems; Imaging systems; Radiation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

COHERENT OPTICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RABBIT ATHEROSCLEROTIC MODELS;

TOMOGRAPHY;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALIBRATION; DISEASE MODEL; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INDWELLING CATHETER; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RABBIT; SCINTISCANNING; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALIBRATION; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RABBITS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 32044474787     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1954773     Document Type: Article

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