title: Imaging and analysis of thin structures using positron emission tomography: Thin phantoms and in vivo tobacco leaves study.
abstract: In this work, a novel approach utilizing the designed phantoms imitating the plant tissues was applied for the evaluation of the relationships between the parameters of the prepared phantoms and/or quantitative variables obtained within the PET analysis. The microPET system developed for animal objects and approaches used made it possible to obtain the quantitative data in the form of (18)F radioactivity as well as the glucose (in µg) accumulated in leaf tissues within the dynamic in vivo study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecochemistry and Radioecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Nám. J. Herdu 2, SK-917 01 Trnava, Slovak Republic. Electronic address: d.partelova@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Denisa
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Partelová
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecochemistry and Radioecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Nám. J. Herdu 2, SK-917 01 Trnava, Slovak Republic. Electronic address: hornik@ucm.sk.
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horník
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecochemistry and Radioecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Nám. J. Herdu 2, SK-917 01 Trnava, Slovak Republic. Electronic address: lesny@ucm.sk.
authors.forename: Juraj
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lesný
authors.affiliation: BIONT Inc., Karloveská 63, SK-842 29 Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Electronic address: rajec@biont.sk.
authors.forename: Pavol
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rajec
authors.affiliation: BIONT Inc., Karloveská 63, SK-842 29 Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Electronic address: kovac@biont.sk.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kováč
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecochemistry and Radioecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Nám. J. Herdu 2, SK-917 01 Trnava, Slovak Republic. Electronic address: hostin@ucm.sk.
authors.forename: Stanislav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hostin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D018515:Plant Leaves; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: 2-[(18)F]FDG; 2D/3D imaging; Dynamic; Leaf; PET; Phantom; Principal component analysis; Solute transport; Uptake