Design and performance from an integrated PET/MRI system for small animals

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-98

  Yamamoto, Seiichi ^a   Imaizumi, Masao ^b   Kanai, Yasukazu ^b   Tatsumi, Mitsuaki ^b   Aoki, Masaaki ^c   Sugiyama, Eiji ^c   Kawakami, Makoto ^c   Shimosegawa, Eku ^b   Hatazawa, Jun ^b  

^a KOBE CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hitachi Metal Neomax Company   (Japan)

Author keywords

Molecular imaging; MRI; PET; Simultaneous measurements; Small animal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950690251     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12149-009-0333-6     Document Type: Article

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