Inorganic scintillators for medical imaging

Physica Medica

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 23-27

  Van Eijk, C W E ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Detector development; Inorganic scintillator; Medical imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343758509     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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