Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 167-176 , May 2008

Respiratory Motion in Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography: A Review

  • Sadek A. Nehmeh, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Sadek A. Nehmeh, PhD, Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021.
    • ,
  • Yusuf E. Erdi, DSc

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doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2008.01.002

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 167-176 , May 2008

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