Instrumentation quality assurance and performance

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Nichols, Kenneth J ^a   Bacharach, Stephen L ^a   Bergmann, Steven R ^a   Cullom, S James ^a   Ficaro, Edward P ^a   Galt, James R ^a   Heller, Gary V ^a   Links, Jonathan ^a   Machac, Josef ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845489515     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2006.08.005     Document Type: Editorial

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