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Evaluation of the respiratory motion effect in small animal PET images with GAT...
Branco, Susana; Almeida, Pedro; Jan, SébastienThe rapid growth in genetics and molecular biology combined with the development of techniques for genetically engineering small animals has led to increased interest in in vivo small animal imaging. Small animal imaging has been applied frequently to the imaging of small animals (mice and rats), which are ubiquitous in modeling human diseases and testing treatments. The use of PET in small animals allows the u...
Molecular imaging of small animals PET using Monte Carlo Simulations
Branco, Susana; Jan, Sébastien; Almeida, PedroThis work is based on the use of a simulation system dedicated for small animal PET imaging. GATE, a Monte Carlo simulation platform based on the Geant4 libraries, is well suited for modelling microPET systems like the microPET® FOCUS 220 and to implement realistic phantoms, such as the MOBY phantom, and radioactive distribution maps obtained from real exams. We used the validated microPET® FOCUS 220 simulation...