Medical image reconstruction: A conceptual tutorial

Medical Image Reconstruction: A Conceptual Tutorial

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-198

  Zeng, Gengsheng Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-05368-9     Document Type: Book

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