Development of a fully rotational non-contact fluorescence tomographer for small animals

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 2391-2393

  Schulz, Ralf B ^a,b   Echner, Gernot ^b,d   Rühle, Heinrich ^b,d   Stroh, Wolfram ^b,d   Vierling, Jürgen ^b,c   Vogt, Thomas ^b,c   Peter, Jörg ^a,b,c   Semmler, Wolfhard ^b,c  

^a IEEE   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c DKFZ   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLIMATED LASER SOURCE; LIGHT TIGHT CHAMBERS; NON-CONTACT FLUORESCENCE TOMOGRAPHERS; PHANTOMS;

BIODIVERSITY; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL FLOWS; ROTATION;

TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846591101     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2005.1596814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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