Positron emission tomography: An overview

Journal of Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-21

  Shukla, A ^a   Kumar, Utham ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bismuth germinate (BGO); Flurodeoxyglucose (FDG); Lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO); Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747646920     PISSN: 09716203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.25665     Document Type: Review

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