Harnessing the power of radionuclides for optical imaging: Cerenkov luminescence imaging

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2009-2018

  Xu, Yingding ^a   Liu, Hongguang ^a   Cheng, Zhen ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerenkov luminescence imaging; Optical imaging; PET; Radionuclides

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM DOT; RADIOISOTOPE;

BIOENERGY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CERENKOV LUMINESCENCE IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KINETICS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OPTICAL BIOSENSOR; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROMETRY;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL PROCESSES; PHYSICAL PROCESSES; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING;

EID: 83755161815     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.111.092965     Document Type: Review

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