Positronium: Review of symmetry, conserved quantities and decay for the radiological physicist

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-61

  Harpen, Michael D ^a  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE TESTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; POSITRONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY TESTING;

ACCEPTANCE TESTING; CONSERVED QUANTITY; ELECTRON COMPLEXES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MEDICAL PHYSICISTS; PHYSICS COMMUNITY; PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES; SYMMETRY PROPERTIES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICS; POSITRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGY; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; TEACHING;

EID: 1642454601     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1630494     Document Type: Review

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