A High Resolution PET for Animal Studies

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 577-580

  Watanabe, M ^a   Uchida, H ^a   Okada, H ^a   Shimizu, K ^a   Satoh, N ^a   Yoshikawa, E ^a   Ohmura, T ^a   Yamashita, T ^a   Tanaka, E ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

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EID: 0012241421     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.192694     Document Type: Article

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