The 2006 Henry N. Wagner lecture: Of mice and men (and positrons) - Advances in PET imaging technology

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1735-1745

  Cherry, Simon R ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrumentation; Molecular imaging; PET; PET MRI; Positron emission tomography; Time of flight

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY PET; ANIMAL; ELECTRON; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MOUSE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 34247278900     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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