Bioluminescence imaging of point sources implanted in small animals post mortem: Evaluation of a method for estimating source strength and depth

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 5415-5428

  Comsa, D C ^a   Farrell, T J ^a   Patterson, M S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; REFLECTION; TISSUE;

BIOLUMINESCENT POINT SOURCES; HOMOGENEOUS TISSUES; REFLECTANCE IMAGES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BRIGHTNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIFFUSION; ENERGY RESOURCE; FIELD EMISSION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLECTOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; RATS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 34548146107     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/17/021     Document Type: Article

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