The perception of medical images 1941-2001

Optics and Photonics News

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 34-40

  Eckstein, Miguel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONICS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

X RAY REFLECTION;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0035241363     PISSN: 10476938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPN.12.1.000034     Document Type: Article

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