In vivo Cerenkov luminescence imaging: A new tool for molecular imaging

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1955, 2011, Pages 4605-4619

  Mitchell, Gregory S ^a   Gill, Ruby K ^a   Boucher, David L ^a   Li, Changqing ^a   Cherry, Simon R ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerenkov radiation; In vivo molecular imaging; Optical imaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CERENKOV COUNTERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASES; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANCER MODELS; CERENKOV; CERENKOV RADIATION; CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE CAMERA; DETECTABLE SIGNAL; IN-VIVO; LIGHT INTENSITY; LUMINESCENCE IMAGING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; OPTICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL PHOTONS; SMALL-ANIMAL; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION; VISIBLE LIGHT;

LIGHT;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; KINETICS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEOPLASM; OPTICS; PATHOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; MICE; MICE, SCID; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASMS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; RADIOISOTOPES; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 82255193319     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0271     Document Type: Review

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