Small animal PET imaging

ILAR Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-65

  Hutchins, Gary D ^a   Miller, Michael A ^a   Soon, Victor C ^a   Receveur, Timothy ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Positron emission tomography; Radiopharmaceuticals; Sensitivity; Small animal; Small animal PET; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESTRUCTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 38049031654     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.49.1.54     Document Type: Review

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