High resolution small animal single photon emission computed tomography: Uptake of [99mTc]bombesin and [123I]ioflupane by rat brain

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 204-210

  Scopinaro, Francesco ^a   Massari, R ^b   Varvarigou, A D ^c   D'Alessandria, C ^a   Trotta, C ^b   Di Santo, G P ^a   Soluri, A ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Bombesin; Brain; Dopamine plasma membrane transport proteins; Rats; Tomography, emission computed, single photon

Indexed keywords

BOMBESIN 1.1 TC 99M; BOMBESIN RECEPTOR; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; IOFLUPANE; IOFLUPANE I 123; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TUNGSTEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; COLLIMATOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY TRACT; PHANTOM; RAT; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BOMBESIN; BRAIN; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; NORTROPANES; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RATS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 34447537755     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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