Combined Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography: The Historical Perspective

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 232-235

  Townsend, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTORY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49049106945     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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