Performance evaluation of the microPET focus: a third-generation microPET scanner dedicated to animal imaging.

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Published in J Nucl Med on March 01, 2005

Authors

Yuan-Chuan Tai1, Ananya Ruangma, Douglas Rowland, Stefan Siegel, Danny F Newport, Patrick L Chow, Richard Laforest

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

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