Evaluation of an MR-compatible blood sampler for PET

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5883-5893

  Breuer, J ^a,c   Grazioso, R ^b   Zhang, N ^b   Schmand, M ^b   Wienhard, K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNIHILATION PHOTONS; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERIAL INPUT FUNCTION; BLOOD SAMPLING SYSTEM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COINCIDENCE MEASUREMENT; DETECTOR ASSEMBLY; DETECTOR PERFORMANCE; MR-COMPATIBILITY; MR-COMPATIBLE; PRE-CLINICAL; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS;

BLOOD; DETECTORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRONS; RESONANCE; SAMPLING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RAT; SCINTISCANNING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 78249270419     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/19/017     Document Type: Article

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