A high sensitivity, electronically collimated gamma camera

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3 PART 1, 1997, Pages 899-904

  Tümer, Tümay O ^a   Yin, Shi ^a   Kravis, Scott ^a  

^a NOVA R and D Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0000304912     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.603774     Document Type: Article

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