A rat head holder for simultaneous scanning of two rats in small animal PET scanners: Design, construction, feasibility testing and kinetic validation

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-33

  Cheng, Tee Ean ^a,b   Yoder, Karmen K ^b   Normandin, Marc D ^b,c   Risacher, Shannon L ^b   Converse, Alexander K ^d   Hampel, Joseph A ^d   Miller, Michael A ^a,b   Morris, Evan D ^a,b,c  

^a Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation correction; Multiple rat scanning; Patlak plot; Positron emission tomography; Rat holder; Scatter correction; Simultaneous scanning; Small animal scanning

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RACLOPRIDE C 11;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEAD; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RACLOPRIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 54049102352     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.08.031     Document Type: Article

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