Optimizing in vivo small animal Cerenkov luminescence imaging

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Spinelli, Antonello E ^a   Boschi, Federico ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Charge coupled device imagers; Image acquisition; Recording imaging

Indexed keywords

CERENKOV COUNTERS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; INFRARED DEVICES; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; CERENKOV PHOTONS; CERENKOV RADIATION; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICE DETECTORS; DIFFUSION MODEL; LUMINESCENCE IMAGING; NEAR INFRARED REGION; PHOTON PROPAGATION;

ANIMALS;

ANIMAL; DIFFUSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LETTER; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; DIFFUSION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICE; MOLECULAR IMAGING;

EID: 84865589067     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.17.4.040506     Document Type: Article

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