Impact of inherent variability and experimental parameters on the reliability of small animal PET data

EJNMMI Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Martic Kehl, Marianne Isabelle ^a,b   Ametamey, Simon Mensah ^a   Alf, Malte Frederick ^a   Schubiger, Pius August ^a,b   Honer, Michael ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Collegium Helveticum   (Switzerland)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

External validity; Homogenization; Inter animal variability; Intra animal variability; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE FALLYPRIDE F 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG UPTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84865651502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2191219X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2191-219X-2-26     Document Type: Article

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