Small animal SPECT and its place in the matrix of molecular imaging technologies

SR Meikle, P Kench, M Kassiou… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
Molecular imaging refers to the use of non-invasive imaging techniques to detect signals
that originate from molecules, often in the form of an injected tracer, and observe their …

Motion estimation and correction in SPECT, PET and CT

AZ Kyme, RR Fulton - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Patient motion impacts single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), positron
emission tomography (PET) and x-ray computed tomography (CT) by giving rise to …

The pinhole: gateway to ultra-high-resolution three-dimensional radionuclide imaging

F Beekman, F van der Have - European journal of nuclear medicine and …, 2007 - Springer
Today the majority of clinical molecular imaging procedures are carried out with single-
photon emitters and gamma cameras, in planar mode and single-photon emission …

Motion tracking for medical imaging: a nonvisible structured light tracking approach

OV Olesen, RR Paulsen, L Hojgaard… - IEEE transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a system for head motion tracking in 3D brain imaging. The system is based on
facial surface reconstruction and tracking using a structured light (SL) scanning principle …

Small-animal preclinical nuclear medicine instrumentation and methodology

DJ Rowland, SR Cherry - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
Molecular medicine enhances the clinician's ability to accurately diagnose and treat
disease, and many technological advances in diverse fields have made the translation of …

A rigid motion correction method for helical computed tomography (CT)

JH Kim, J Nuyts, A Kyme, Z Kuncic… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We propose a method to compensate for six degree-of-freedom rigid motion in helical CT of
the head. The method is demonstrated in simulations and in helical scans performed on a …

Ultrasensitive graphene‐Si position‐sensitive detector for motion tracking

W Wang, K Liu, J Jiang, R Du, L Sun, W Chen, J Lu… - InfoMat, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Motion tracking has attracted great attention in the fields of real‐time tracking, nanorobotics,
and targeted therapy. For achieving more accurate motion tracking, the highly sensitive …

The effect of isoflurane on 18F-FDG uptake in the rat brain: a fully conscious dynamic PET study using motion compensation

MG Spangler-Bickell, B de Laat, R Fulton, G Bormans… - EJNMMI research, 2016 - Springer
Background In preclinical positron emission tomography (PET) studies an anaesthetic is
used to ensure that the animal does not move during the scan. However, anaesthesia may …

[HTML][HTML] Aye-aye middle finger kinematic modeling and motion tracking during tap-scanning

N Masurkar, J Kang, H Nemati… - Biomimetic Intelligence and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a nocturnal lemur native to the island of
Madagascar with a unique thin middle finger. Its slender third digit has a remarkably specific …

Integrating PET with behavioral neuroscience using RatCAP tomography

D Schulz, P Vaska - 2011 - degruyter.com
Behavioral studies are an important part of neuroscience. They allow inferences about the
functions of the brain and any internal states and processes it controls. Positron emission …