PET/CT scanners: A hardware approach to image fusion

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 193-204

  Townsend, David W ^a,b,c   Beyer, Thomas ^a,b,c   Blodgett, Todd M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; BIOPSY; CANCER; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST; COST CONTROL; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; X RAY;

EID: 0038825369     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/snuc.2003.127314     Document Type: Article

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