Positron Emission Tomography: A Review of Basic Principles, Scanner Design and Performance, and Current Systems

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-111

  Zanzonico, Pat ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENERGY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PERFORMANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION CAMERA;

EID: 1642291821     PISSN: 00012998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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