Whole-body PET acceptance test in 2D and 3D using NEMA NU 2-2001 protocol

Journal of Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 150-155

  Sharma, Shamurailatpam Dayananda ^a   Prasad, R ^a   Shetye, Bina ^a   Rangarajan, V ^a   Deshpande, D ^a   Shrivastava, S K ^a   Dinshaw, K A ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

National electrical manufacturers association NU2 2001; Performance measurement; PET CT

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849027563     PISSN: 09716203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.37479     Document Type: Article

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