PET/CT: Fundamental principles

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 241-246

  Seemann, Marcus D ^a   Nekolla, S ^a   Ziegler, S ^a   Bengel, F ^a   Schwaiger, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING;

HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOPLASMS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 16544378482     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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