Editorial: PET systems: The value of added length

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1629-1632

  Borasi, Giovanni ^a   Fioroni, Federica ^a   Del Guerra, Alberto ^b   Lucignani, Giovanni ^c,d  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; GEOMETRY; HEALTH CARE COST; IMAGE QUALITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION BEAM; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; TIME;

HUMANS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77956185370     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-010-1438-9     Document Type: Editorial

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