A fusion PET-MRI system with a high-resolution research tomograph-PET and ultra-high field 7.0 T-MRI for the molecular-genetic imaging of the brain

Proteomics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1302-1323

  Cho, Zang Hee ^a,b   Son, Young Don ^a,b   Kim, Hang Keun ^a   Kim, Kyoung Nam ^a   Oh, Se Hong ^a   Han, Jae Yong ^a   Hong, In Ki ^c   Kim, Young Bo ^a  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c Korea Polytechnic University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fusion system; Hybrid system; Molecular and genetic imaging; MRI; PET

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 41549115846     PISSN: 16159853     EISSN: 16159861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200700744     Document Type: Review

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