Hybrid x-ray/optical luminescence imaging: Characterization of experimental conditions

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 4011-4018

  Carpenter, C M ^a   Sun, C ^a   Pratx, G ^a   Rao, R ^b   Xing, L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

luminescence; molecular imaging; optical; x ray

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CCD CAMERAS; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; INFRARED DEVICES; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PHOSPHORS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SCANNING;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; CONCENTRATION CALCULATION; DUAL-MODALITY IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCIES; MINIMUM DETECTABLE CONCENTRATIONS; OPTICAL; VISIBLE AND NEAR INFRARED;

X RAYS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL;

EID: 78149479509     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3457332     Document Type: Article

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