Small lesion visualization in scintimammography

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3 PART 2, 1997, Pages 1398-1402

  Weinberg, I N ^a,c   Pani, R ^b,d   Pellegrini, R ^e   Scopinaro, F ^a   Devincentis, G ^b,c   Pergola, A ^e   Soluri, A ^d  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b PEM Technologies   (United States)

^c FM Technologies   (United States)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 0001580913     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.597019     Document Type: Article

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