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Instrumentation and Data Acquisition

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Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine

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Ziegler, S.I., Dahlbom, M. (2006). Instrumentation and Data Acquisition. In: Baert, A.L., Sartor, K., Schiepers, C. (eds) Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30005-8_16

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