Optical imaging of alpha emitters: Simulations, phantom,and in vivo results

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Boschi, Federico ^a   Meo, Sergio Lo ^b   Rossi, Pier Luca ^c   Calandrino, Riccardo ^d   Sbarbati, Andrea ^a   Spinelli, Antonello E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biology; Biomedical optics; Fluorescence; Medicine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA EMITTERS; BETA EMITTERS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; OPTICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM; OPTICAL PHOTONS; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE; SMALL ANIMAL;

BIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; MEDICINE; TISSUE;

OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE;

ANIMALIA;

AMERICIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; PHOTON; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

AMERICIUM; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84858810236     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3663441     Document Type: Article

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