Table of Contents:
  • Biomedical significance of small-animal imaging
  • Detectors for small-animal SPECT I
  • Detectors for small-animal SPECT II
  • The animal in animal imaging
  • Objective assessment of image quality
  • SPECT imager design and data-acquisition systems
  • Computational algorithms in small-animal imaging
  • Reconstruction algorithm with resolution deconvolution in a small-animal PET imager
  • Estimates of axial and transacial resolution for one-, two-, and three-camera helical pinhole SPECT
  • Pinhole aperture design for small-animal imaging
  • Comparison of CsI(Ti) and scintillating plastic in a multi-pinhole/CCD-based gamma camera for small-animal low-energy SPECT
  • Calibration of scintillation cameras and pinhole SPECT imaging systems
  • Imaging dopamine transporters in a mouse brain with single-pinhole SPECT
  • A micro-SPECT/CT system for imaging of AA-amyloidosis in mice
  • Feasibility of micro-SPECT/CT imaging of atherosclerotic plaques in a transgenic mouse model
  • Effect of respiratory motion on plaque imaging in the mouse using TX-99m labeled annexin-V
  • Calibration and performance of the fully engineered YAP-(S)PET scanner for small rodents
  • A small-animal SPECT imaging system utilizing position tracking of unanesthetized mice
  • A multidetector high-resolution SPECT/CT scanner with continuous scanning capability
  • High-resolution multi-pinhole imaging using silicone detectors
  • Development and characterization of a high-resolution microSPECT system
  • High-resolution radionuclide imaging using focusing gamma-ray optics
  • SPECT/micro-CT imaging of bronchial angiogenesis in a rat
  • Projection and pinhole-based data acquisition for small-animal SPECT using storage phosphor technology
  • Cardiac pinhole-gated SPECT in small animals