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SPECT using a specially designed cone beam collimator

Jaszczak et al., 1988

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8225450104431060646
Author
Jaszczak R
Greer K
Coleman R
Publication year
Publication venue
Journal of nuclear medicine

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IL), manufactured using lead casting methodology, has hex agonally shaped holes and a focal length of 50 cm (measured from the front surface of the collimator). A commercially availablelow-energy, highresolution collimator (Siemens Inc., Des Plaines, IL)(Part Number …
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