U-SPECT-II: An Ultra-High-Resolution Device for Molecular Small-Animal Imaging

2009298 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Frans van der Have · University Medical Center Utrecht

Brendan Vastenhouw · University Medical Center Utrecht

Ruud M. Ramakers · University Medical Center Utrecht

Woutjan Branderhorst · University Medical Center Utrecht

Jens O. Krah · TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences

Changguo Ji · University Medical Center Utrecht

Steven Staelens

Abstract

Images and movies obtained with U-SPECT-II provide high-resolution radiomolecule visualization in rodents. Discrimination of molecule concentrations between adjacent volumes of about 0.04 microL in mice and 0.5 microL in rats with U-SPECT-II is readily possible.

Topics & Keywords

Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications

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Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volume 50, Issue 4, pp. 599-605

DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.056606

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