A simultaneous PET/MRI scanner based on RatCAP in small animals

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages 3256-3259

  Schlyer, D ^a   Vaska, P ^a   Tomasi, D ^a   Woody, C ^a   Maramraju, S H ^b   Southekal, S ^b   Pratte, J F ^a   Junnarkar, S ^a   Solis Najera, S ^a   Krishnamoorthy, S ^b   Kriplani, A ^b   Stoll, S ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL INFORMATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; IN-VIVO; MINIMAL EFFECTS; MRI IMAGES; MRI SCANNERS; RAT BRAINS; SEQUENTIAL SCANS; SMALL ANIMALS; TOMOGRAPH;

ACETAL RESINS; ANIMALS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; SCANNING; TOMOGRAPHY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 48349124352     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436833     Document Type: Conference Paper

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