A brief history of positron emission tomography

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-11

  Rich, Dayton A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

History; Instrumentation; PET

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN 13; OXYGEN 15; PROTON; RADIOISOTOPE;

BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYCLOTRON; ELECTRON; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; IMAGING; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION; RADIOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PORTRAITS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030994678     PISSN: 00914916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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