Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 7 , Pages 733-735 , October 2007

The future of SPECT in a time of PET

  • Floris P. Jansen

      Affiliations

    • Functional Imaging Lab, KW-C702, GE Research, Niskayuna, NY 12309, USA
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  • Jean-Luc Vanderheyden

      Affiliations

    • Technology and Medical Office, GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI 53188, USA

Received 22 June 2007 ,Accepted 25 June 2007.

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PII: S0969-8051(07)00173-4

doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2007.06.013

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 7 , Pages 733-735 , October 2007

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