A simple experimental setup to demonstrate the basics of positron emission tomography

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 929-934

  Sonnabend, Kerstin ^a   Bayer, Wolfgang ^a   Mohr, Peter ^a   Zilges, Andreas ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 40749097959     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1488636     Document Type: Article

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