Development of a PET detector system compatible with MRI/NMR systems

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3 PART 2, 1997, Pages 1167-1171

  Shao, Y ^a,b   Cherry, S R ^a   Farahani, K ^a   Slates, R ^a   Silverman, R W ^a   Meadors, K ^a   Bowery, A ^a   Siegel, S ^a   Marsden, P K ^a   Garlick, P B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000347467     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.596982     Document Type: Article

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