Small-animal molecular imaging methods

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL.1, 2010, Pages

  De Kemp, Robert A ^a   Epstein, Frederick H ^b   Catana, Ciprian ^c   Tsui, Benjamin M W ^d   Ritman, Erik L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; MRI; PET; SPECT

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; RADIOISOTOPE; TRACER; CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL LABELING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MECHANICS; MEDICAL RECORD; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOLUTE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; X RAY; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GLUCOSE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MYOCARDIUM; PHOTONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 77953060113     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.068148     Document Type: Article

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