Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 3-9 , January 2008

Number of samples — hypothesis testing

Received 12 September 2007 ,Revised 14 October 2007 ,Accepted 16 October 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2007.10.006

Nuclear Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 3-9 , January 2008