Radiologic and near-infrared/optical spectroscopic imaging: Where is the synergy?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 321-332

  Pogue, Brian W ^a,b   Leblond, Frederic ^a   Krishnaswamy, Venkataramanan ^a   Paulsen, Keith D ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; CT; Fluorescence; Optical spectroscopy; Radiography; X ray

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAMMOGRAPHY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY; DEVICES; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

LIGHT; MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 77955636435     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.5002     Document Type: Review

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