Performance Evaluation of a Dedicated Preclinical PET/CT System for the Assessment of Mineralization Process in a Mouse Model of Atherosclerosis.

Guillaume RucherLucie CameliereJihene FendriAhmed AbbasKevin DupontSaid KamelNicolas DelcroixAxel DupontLudovic BergerAlain Manrique

Published in: Molecular imaging and biology (2019)

Optimizing reconstruction parameters significantly impacted on the assessment of mineralization process in a preclinical model of accelerated atherosclerosis using Na[18F]F PET. In addition, improving the CT resolution was associated with a dramatic radiation dose increase.

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