The imaging science of positron emission tomography

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 807-813

  Jones, Terry ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image reconstruction; Kinetic analysis; Statistical analysis; Tracer molecules

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0029890055     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00843711     Document Type: Article

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