Evaluation of the quantitative capability of a high-resolution positron emission tomography scanner for small animal imaging

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 842-848

  Fahey, Frederic H ^a   Gage, H Donald ^b   Buchheimer, Nancy ^b   Smith, Holly C ^b   Harkness, Beth A ^c   Williams, Rodney C ^b   Bounds, Michael C ^b   Mercier, Jennifer ^b   Robbins, Michael E C ^b   Payne, R Mark ^b   Morton, Kathryn A ^b   Mach, Robert H ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal imaging; Molecular imaging; Positron emission tomography; Quantitation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; DATA HANDLING; ELECTRONS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; POSITRONS; SCANNING;

ANIMAL IMAGING; ATTENUATION CORRECTION; DEAD TIME; DYNAMIC CORRECTION; DYNAMIC IMAGING; HIGH-RESOLUTION POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; MICRO PETS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS; QUANTITATION; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; HEART; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 8444220899     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200411000-00020     Document Type: Article

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