Annihilation y ray background characterization and rejection for a small beta camera used for tumor localization during surgery

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3 PART 2, 1997, Pages 1120-1126

  Levin, Craig S ^a   Tornai, Martin P ^a   MacDonald, Lawrence R ^a   Huffman, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000703245     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.596975     Document Type: Article

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