Micro insert: A prototype full-ring PET device for improving the image resolution of a small-animal PET scanner

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1668-1676

  Wu, Heyu ^a,b   Pal, Debashish ^c   Tae, Yong Song ^a   O'Sullivan, Joseph A ^c   Tai, Yuan Chuan ^a,d,e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MODERN PHYSICS   (China)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d MO   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal imaging; High resolution PET; PET insert; Small animal PET

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; LUTETIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 53749095267     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.050070     Document Type: Article

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