Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 166-179 , July 2003

X-ray-based attenuation correction for positron emission tomography/computed tomography scanners

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☆ Address reprint requests to: Corresponding author: Paul Kinahan, PhD, University of Washington Medical Center, Box 356004, RM NW040, 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, WA 98195-6004.

☆☆ This work was supported by NIH grant CA74135 from the National Cancer Institute.

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doi: 10.1053/snuc.2003.127307

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 166-179 , July 2003

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