A new tool for molecular imaging: The microvolumetric β blood counter

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1197-1206

  Convert, Laurence ^a   Morin Brassard, Guillaume ^a   Cadorette, Jules ^a   Archambault, Mélanie ^a   Bentourkia, M'hamed ^a   Lecomte, Roger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood sampling; Pharmacokinetic modeling; Small animal PET; detector

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; COPPER 64; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; NITROGEN 13;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRON; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; MICROVOLUMETRIC BETA BLOOD COUNTER; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MONITORING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RAT; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 34447330993     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.042606     Document Type: Article

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