National electrical manufacturers association NU-4 performance evaluation of the PET component of the nanoPET/CT preclinical PET/CT scanner

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1741-1747

  Szanda, Istvan ^a   Mackewn, Jane ^a   Patay, Gergely ^b   Major, Peter ^b   Sunassee, Kavitha ^a   Mullen, Gregory E ^a   Nemeth, Gabor ^b   Haemisch, York ^c   Blower, Philip J ^a   Marsden, Paul K ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Mediso Medical Imaging Systems Ltd   (Hungary)

^c Bioscan Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrumentation; Molecular imaging; NanoPET; Performance evaluation; Small animal PET scanner

Indexed keywords

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TETRAFLUOROBORATE F 18; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; SALIVARY GLAND; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RATS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOCIETIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80455129822     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.111.088260     Document Type: Article

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