18F-FDG positron autoradiography with a particle counting silicon pixel detector

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6227-6243

  Russo, P ^a   Lauria, A ^a   Mettivier, G ^a   Montesi, M C ^a   Marotta, M ^a   Aloj, L ^b   Lastoria, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DETECTORS; IMAGE QUALITY; POSITRONS; RADIATION COUNTERS; RADIOGRAPHY; READOUT SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; COUNT RATES; DETECTOR VOLUMES; DYNAMIC RANGES; ENERGY THRESHOLDS; EX-VIVO; EXPOSURE TIMES; H FILMS; IMAGE CONTRASTS; IMAGING PERFORMANCES; INITIAL ACTIVITIES; INTRINSIC RESOLUTIONS; LOWER DETECTION LIMITS; MEAN SIZES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; PARTICLE COUNTING; POISSON NOISES; RAT BRAINS; SENSITIVE AREAS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIOS; SILICON PIXEL DETECTORS;

PIXELS;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SILICON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SLICE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EX VIVO STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POSITRON AUTORADIOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON; INSTRUMENTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRONS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICON; SOFTWARE;

EID: 58149242688     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/21/022     Document Type: Article

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