Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 5 , Pages 571-577 , July 2008

Alginate moulding: an empirical method for magnetic resonance imaging/positron emission tomography co-registration in a tumor rat model

  • Denis Rommel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Jorge Abarca-Quinones

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Nicolas Christian

      Affiliations

    • Center for Molecular Imaging and Experimental Radiotherapy, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Frank Peeters

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Max Lonneux

      Affiliations

    • Center for Molecular Imaging and Experimental Radiotherapy, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Daniel Labar

      Affiliations

    • Center for Molecular Imaging and Experimental Radiotherapy, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Anne Bol

      Affiliations

    • Center for Molecular Imaging and Experimental Radiotherapy, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Vincent Gregoire

      Affiliations

    • Center for Molecular Imaging and Experimental Radiotherapy, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Thierry Duprez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

Received 30 January 2008 ,Revised 27 March 2008 ,Accepted 3 April 2008.

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PII: S0969-8051(08)00078-4

doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2008.04.002

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 5 , Pages 571-577 , July 2008

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