Alginate moulding: an empirical method for magnetic resonance imaging/positron emission tomography co-registration in a tumor rat model

Nuclear Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 571-577

  Rommel, Denis ^a   Abarca Quinones, Jorge ^a   Christian, Nicolas ^a   Peeters, Frank ^a   Lonneux, Max ^a   Labar, Daniel ^a   Bol, Anne ^a   Gregoire, Vincent ^a   Duprez, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alginate moulding; MRI; PET; Tumor rat model

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CESIUM 137; CHOLINE; FLUORINE 18; FLUOROCHOLINE F 18;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RAT; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR MODEL;

ALGINATES; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RATS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 45449090621     PISSN: 09698051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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