Lockwood A H, Kenny P J
Stroke. 1981 Mar-Apr;12(2):173-6. doi: 10.1161/01.str.12.2.173.
This report describes the construction and performance characteristics of a device capable of making rapid serial measurement of rat brain radioactivity following the administration of a positron emitting isotope. Two bismuth germanate oxide (BGO) scintillation detectors in a coincidence detection circuit are used to achieve the necessary degree of collimation. Data from the device can be used to characterize cerebral biochemical and physiological processes using computer-assisted mathematical models.
