Evolution of brain imaging instrumentation

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 202-219

  Abraham, Tony ^a,b   Feng, Janine ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Montefiore North Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIUM 111; IODINE 123; IODINE 131; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; RADIOLIGAND; TECHNETIUM 99M; TRACER; XENON 133;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SEIZURE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE;

EID: 79953178994     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2010.12.001     Document Type: Review

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