Positron Emission Tomography: Principles, Technology, and Recent Developments Export

@article{citeulike:2930983, abstract = {Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medical imaging technique for quantitative measurement of physiologic parameters in vivo (an overview of principles and applications can be found in [P.E. Valk, et al., eds. Positron Emission Tomography. Basic Science and Clinical Practice. 2003, Springer: Heidelberg]), based on the detection of small amounts of posi-tron-emitter-labelled biologic molecules. Various radiotracers are available for neuro-logical, cardiological, and oncological applications in the clinic and in research proto-cols. This overview describes the basic principles, technology, and recent develop-ments in PET, followed by a section on the development of a tomograph with ava-lanche photodiodes dedicated for small animal imaging as an example of efforts in the domain of high resolution tomographs.}, author = {Ziegler, Sibylle I.}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 22nd International Nuclear Physics Conference (Part 2)}, citeulike-article-id = {2930983}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2005.02.067}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TVB-4FST87W-4P/1/c15ca25242ac9b58f8b40b33da637392}, day = {18}, doi = {10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2005.02.067}, journal = {Nuclear Physics A}, keywords = {anipet, apd, high, pet, resolution}, month = {April}, pages = {679--687}, posted-at = {2008-09-17 01:07:06}, priority = {2}, title = {Positron Emission Tomography: Principles, Technology, and Recent Developments}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2005.02.067}, volume = {752}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2930983 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2930983 N2 - Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medical imaging technique for quantitative measurement of physiologic parameters in vivo (an overview of principles and applications can be found in [P.E. Valk, et al., eds. Positron Emission Tomography. Basic Science and Clinical Practice. 2003, Springer: Heidelberg]), based on the detection of small amounts of posi-tron-emitter-labelled biologic molecules. Various radiotracers are available for neuro-logical, cardiological, and oncological applications in the clinic and in research proto-cols. This overview describes the basic principles, technology, and recent develop-ments in PET, followed by a section on the development of a tomograph with ava-lanche photodiodes dedicated for small animal imaging as an example of efforts in the domain of high resolution tomographs. JF - Nuclear Physics A EP - 687 TI - Positron Emission Tomography: Principles, Technology, and Recent Developments VL - 752 T2 - Proceedings of the 22nd International Nuclear Physics Conference (Part 2) SP - 679 KW - anipet KW - apd KW - high KW - pet KW - resolution AU - Ziegler, Sibylle PY - 2005/04/18/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2005.02.067 ER -