Positron autoradiography for intravascular imaging: Feasibility evaluation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 963-979

  Shikhaliev, Polad M ^a   Xu, Tong ^a   Ducote, Justin L ^a   Easwaramoorthy, Balasubramaniam ^a   Mukherjee, Jogeshwar ^a   Molloi, Sabee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASE CONTROL; MEDICAL IMAGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASES;

ACUTE ISCHAEMIC SYNDROME; FEASIBILITY EVALUATION; INTRAVASCULAR IMAGING; PLAQUE RESULTS;

RADIOGRAPHY;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGING; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBE;

AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33645501626     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/4/014     Document Type: Article

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