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Physiologic Tomography

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Quantitative in vitro autoradiography and tissue counting techniques have long been an important source of knowledge of basic physiologic and pathophysiologic processes. Emission computed tomography (ECT) [1] makes possible in vivo quantitative autoradiography. We refer to this method as physiologic tomography (PT). The capability of ECT to quantitatively and atraumatically measure tissue activity concentrations improves greatly the use of the tracer method in the living subject. A wide variety of physiologic processes may be measured with unprecedented accuracy and spatial resolution.

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  1. Department of Radiological Sciences, Division of Nuclear Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA

    M. E. Phelps, E. J. Hoffman, S.-C. Huang, H. S. Schelbert & D. E. Kuhl

  2. Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Biology, Los Angeles, California, USA

    M. E. Phelps, E. J. Hoffman, S.-C. Huang, H. S. Schelbert & D. E. Kuhl

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  1. Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Radioonkologie und Nuklearmedizin, Rämistraße 100, 8006, Zürich, Switzerland

    Wolfgang Horst

  2. Division of Nuclear Medicine, John Hopkins Medical Center, 615 North Wolfe Street, 212005, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Henry N. Wagner Jr.

  3. Division of Nuclear Medicine, John Hopkins Medical Institutions, 615 North Wolfe Street, 212005, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Julia W. Buchanan

  4. Division of Radiation Health, John Hopkins Medical Institutions, 615 North Wolfe Street, 212005, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Julia W. Buchanan

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Phelps, M.E., Hoffman, E.J., Huang, SC., Schelbert, H.S., Kuhl, D.E. (1980). Physiologic Tomography. In: Horst, W., Wagner, H.N., Buchanan, J.W. (eds) Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67575-1_4

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