Simultaneous transmission and emission scans in positron emission tomography

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 1011-1016

  Thompson, C J ^a   Ranger, N T ^a   Evans, A C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTONS; RADIATION DETECTORS;

EMISSION SCANS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION SCANS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0024612465     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.34595     Document Type: Article

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