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Attenuation Correction Strategies in Emission Tomography

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Zaidi, H., Hasegawa, B.H. (2006). Attenuation Correction Strategies in Emission Tomography. In: Zaidi, H. (eds) Quantitative Analysis in Nuclear Medicine Imaging. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25444-7_6

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