Methodological approaches to planar and volumetric scintigraphic imaging of small volume targets with high spatial resolution and sensitivity

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 692-699

  Mejia, J ^a   Galvis Alonso, O Y ^a   Braga, J ^b   Correa R ^b   Leite, J P ^c   Simoes M V ^c  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coded masks; Multipinhole collimators; Small animal SPECT

Indexed keywords

COLLIMATOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENOMICS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 70349480710     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2009000800001     Document Type: Review

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