Advances in nuclear cardiology instrumentation: Clinical potential of SPECT and PET

Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 230-237

  Garcia, Ernest V ^a   Faber, Tracy L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 77952503253     PISSN: 19419066     EISSN: 19419074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12410-009-0028-3     Document Type: Article

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