Applications of Small Animal Imaging with PET, PET/CT, and PET/MR Imaging

PET Clinics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-250

  Nanni, Cristina ^a   Torigian, Drew A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Molecular imaging; PET CT; PET MRI; Positron emission tomography (PET); Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GATED IMAGING; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67249133638     PISSN: 15568598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpet.2009.01.002     Document Type: Review

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