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Instrumentation, Hardware and Methodology

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The Clinical Applications of SPET

Part of the book series: Developments in Nuclear Medicine ((DNUM,volume 25))

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Having described the process of imaging the physiological distribution of radioactive Iodine (I-131) in the thyroid gland in 1952, Mayneord [1] set in motion the idea of nuclear medicine imaging as we know it today.

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  1. M. Pillay
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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dr. Daniel den Hoed Cancer Centre, P.O. Box 5201, 3008, AE Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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Pillay, M. (1995). Instrumentation, Hardware and Methodology. In: Cox, P.H., Pillay, M. (eds) The Clinical Applications of SPET. Developments in Nuclear Medicine, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0229-2_1

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