The changing design of positron imaging systems

Clinical Positron Imaging (Netherlands)

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-45

  Phelps, Michael E ^a   Cherry, Simon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

18F fluorodeoxyglucose; Cameras; Nuclear medicine; PET; Positron imaging; Tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002416579     PISSN: 10950397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-0397(97)00009-5     Document Type: Review

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