Direct imaging of radionuclide-produced electrons and positrons with an ultrathin phosphor

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1141-1145

  Chen, Liying ^a   Gobar, Lisa S ^a   Knowles, Negar G ^a   Liu, Zhonglin ^a   Gmitro, Arthur F ^a   Barrett, Harrison H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

CCD; Electron imaging; In vivo imaging; Phosphor; Positron

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; PHOSPHORUS; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90; YTTRIUM 90;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; IMAGING; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ELECTRONS; GAMMA CAMERAS; MANDIBLE; MICE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOSPHORUS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 46749112691     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.040568     Document Type: Article

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