The early years of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT): An anthology of selected reminiscences

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Jaszczak, Ronald Jack ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT):;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; PHOTONS; SPECTROMETERS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33745499779     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/13/R07     Document Type: Review

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