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Design and evaluation of an LSO PET detector for breast cancer imaging

Doshi et al., 2000

Document ID
10442915922028911292
Author
Doshi N
Shao Y
Silverman R
Cherry S
Publication year
Publication venue
Medical physics

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Functional imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) may be a promising technique in conjunction with x‐ray mammography for breast cancer patient management. Conventional whole body PET scanners provide metabolic images of breast cancer patients …
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