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Attenuation artifact, attenuation correction, and the future of myocardial perfusion SPECT

✍ Scribed by Bhupinder Singh; Timothy M. Bateman; James A. Case; Gary Heller

Publisher
Springer
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
574 KB
Volume
14
Category
Article
ISSN
1071-3581

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