X-ray luminescence computed tomography via selective excitation: A feasibility study

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1992-1999

  Pratx, Guillem ^a   Carpenter, Colin M ^a   Sun, Conroy ^a   Xing, Lei ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular imaging; nanophosphor; optical imaging; X ray computed tomography (CT)

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL IMAGES; BIOMEDICAL IMAGING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IN-VIVO; LONG DISTANCES; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANO-SIZED PARTICLES; NANOPHOSPHORS; NARROW BEAMS; NEAR INFRARED LIGHT; OPTICAL DETECTION; OPTICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSE; SELECTIVE EXCITATIONS; SMALL OBJECTS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGES; X RAY BEAM; X RAY LUMINESCENCE; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY DETECTOR; X-RAY EXCITATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; PHOSPHORS; PHOTONS; SCANNING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

NANOPARTICLE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOPARTICLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78649671994     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2010.2055883     Document Type: Article

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