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BMC Medical Physics is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of medical physics, including radiobiology, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, imaging, photomedicine and physiological measurement.
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BMC Medical Physics 2008, 8 :2
A novel computer-controlled infusion pump system generates predefined tissue time-activity curves for radiotracers and provides a useful tool for positron emission tomography (PET) research related to in vivo pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analyses.
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NEO adjuvant therapy monitoring with P ET and CT in E sophageal C ancer (NEOPEC-trial)Mark van Heijl, Jikke MT Omloo, Mark I van Berge Henegouwen, Olivier RC Busch, Hugo W Tilanus, Patrick MM Bossuyt, Otto S Hoekstra, Jaap Stoker, Maarten CCM Hulshof, Ate van der Gaast, et al. BMC Medical Physics 2008, 8 :3 (31 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A computerized Infusion Pump for control of tissue tracer concentration during Positron Emission Tomography in vivo Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic measurements Olof Eriksson, Andreas Wallberg, Stina Syv BMC Medical Physics 2008, 8 :2 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Perfusion scanning using 99m Tc-HMPAO detects early cerebrovascular changes in the diabetic rat Fatma J Al-Saeedi BMC Medical Physics 2008, 8 :1 (13 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Computer-assisted lateralization of unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy using Z-score parametric F-18 FDG PET images Ching-yee Oliver Wong, James Gannon, Jeffrey Bong, Christiana O Wong, Gopal B Saha BMC Nuclear Medicine 2007, 7 :5 (2 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Toxicology evaluation of radiotracer doses of 3'-deoxy-3'-[18 F]fluorothymidine (18 F-FLT) for human PET imaging: Laboratory analysis of serial blood samples and comparison to previously investigated therapeutic FLT doses Eric Turcotte, Linda W Wiens, John R Grierson, Lanell M Peterson, Mark H Wener, Hubert Vesselle BMC Nuclear Medicine 2007, 7 :3 (3 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparison of manual and semi-automated delineation of regions of interest for radioligand PET imaging analysis Tiffany W Chow, Shinichiro Takeshita, Kie Honjo, Christina E Pataky, Peggy L St Jacques, Maggie L Kusano, Curtis B Caldwell, Joel Ramirez, Sandra Black, Nicolaas PLG Verhoeff BMC Nuclear Medicine 2007, 7 :2 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparison of 18 F SPECT with PET in myocardial imaging: A realistic thorax-cardiac phantom study Karin Kne BMC Nuclear Medicine 2006, 6 :5 (31 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A statistical investigation of normal regional intra-subject heterogeneity of brain metabolism and perfusion by F-18 FDG and O-15 H2 O PET imaging Ching-yee Oliver Wong, Joseph Thie, Marianne Gaskill, Richard Ponto, Jack Hill, Hai-yan Tian, Helena Balon, Dafang Wu, Darlene Fink-Bennett, Conrad Nagle BMC Nuclear Medicine 2006, 6 :4 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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