The first 5 years of a dedicated clinical PET centre

Clinical Positron Imaging (Netherlands)

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-69

  Maisey, M N ^a   Dakin, Margaret ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclotron operation; Management structure; Marketing; Patient scanning; PET Centre; Staffing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002174164     PISSN: 10950397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-0397(97)00003-4     Document Type: Review

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