Miniature 'wearable' PET scanner ready for use
Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 15:10
in Psychology & Sociology
Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University, and collaborators have demonstrated the efficacy of a 'wearable,' portable PET scanner they've developed for rats. The device will give neuroscientists a new tool for simultaneously studying brain function and behaviour in fully awake, moving animals...