Brain Imaging Using PET - Hardcover

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Discussing not only PET technique and instrumentation, but new developments in a broad range of fields such as kinetics, enzyme/neurotransmitter transport, language acquisition, and neuropathology,Brain Imaging Using PETwill appeal to both PET experts and non-PET users in many branches of neuroscience. The authors offer an invaluable analysis of brain imaging and techniques, providing everything from the foundations to the practical applications of the modern techniques used in PET.

Key Features
Head motion correction
Tricks for PET imaging of monkeys and other animals
Parametric images by quantification without arterial blood sampling
Measurement of endogenous dopamine release
Imaging acetylcholine esterase activity in Alzheimer patients
Dopaminergic functions in Parkinson patients and animal models
New tracers for PET imaging of NK1, sigma-1 and other receptors
Application of Bayesian, wavelet, cluster and other math techniques

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