Cerenkov imaging.
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SUBMITTER: Das S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4329979 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Cerenkov imaging.
Das Sudeep S Thorek Daniel L J DL Grimm Jan J
Advances in cancer research 20140101
Cerenkov luminescence (CL) has been used recently in a plethora of medical applications like imaging and therapy with clinically relevant medical isotopes. The range of medical isotopes used is fairly large and expanding. The generation of in vivo light is useful since it circumvents depth limitations for excitation light. Cerenkov luminescence imaging (CLI) is much cheaper in terms of infrastructure than positron emission tomography (PET) and is particularly useful for imaging of superficial st ...[more]
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