Optimization and performance evaluation of the microPET II scanner for in vivo small-animal imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2527-2545

  Yang, Yongfeng ^a   Tai, Yuan Chuan ^b   Siegel, Stefan ^c   Newport, Danny F ^c   Bai, Bing ^d   Li, Quanzheng ^d   Leahy, Richard M ^d   Cherry, Simon R ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Concorde Microsystems Inc ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CRYSTALS; OPTIMIZATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION SCATTERING; RAT; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BRAIN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCOSE; MICE; MINIATURIZATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 3242789549     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/12/005     Document Type: Article

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