The ECAT ART Scanner for Positron Emission Tomography. 1. Improvements in Performance Characteristics.

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Published in Clin Positron Imaging on January 01, 1999

Authors

David W. Townsend1, Thomas Beyer, Jeff Jerin, Charles C. Watson, John Young, Ronald Nutt

Author Affiliations

1: PET Facility, Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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