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Advances in nuclear medicine instrumentation: considerations in the design and selection of an imaging system

Links, 1998

Document ID
18285534555000832216
Author Publication year
1998
Publication venue
European journal of nuclear medicine

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Nuclear medicine remains a vibrant and dynamic medical specialty because it so adeptly marries advances in basic science research, technology, and medical practice in attempting to solve patients' problems. As a physicist, it is my responsibility to identify or design new …

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