Microfluidic beta and conversion electron radiation detector for preclinical pharmacokinetic studies with PET and SPECT radiotracers

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2128-2131

  Convert, L ^a   Girard Baril, F ^a   Boisselle, V ^a   Pratte, J F ^a   Fontaine, R ^a   Aimez, V ^a   Charette, P ^a   Lecomte, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS; BETA DETECTION; BETA DISTRIBUTIONS; CHARACTERISTIC PEAKS; CONVERSION ELECTRONS; CROSS SECTION; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENERGY SPECTRA; FABRICATION PROCESS; INPUT FUNCTIONS; INTERNAL CONVERSION ELECTRONS; LOW ENERGIES; MICROFABRICATED; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; ON CHIPS; OPTIMIZED CONFIGURATION; PET ISOTOPES; PET TRACER; PHARMACOKINETIC MODELING; PHARMACOKINETIC STUDIES; PIN PHOTODIODE; PULSE-SHAPING; SMALL ANIMAL; SOLID SOURCES; STANDARD MATERIALS;

ANIMALS; BARIUM; BLOOD; GAMMA RAYS; ISOTOPES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHARMACOKINETICS; PHOTODIODES; RADIATION DETECTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPY;

RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

EID: 79960339007     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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