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A New PET Scanner with Semiconductor Detector Reveals Intratumoral Inhomogeneous Cell Activity with High Spatial and Energy Resolution

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Molecular Imaging for Integrated Medical Therapy and Drug Development

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Shiga, T. et al. (2010). A New PET Scanner with Semiconductor Detector Reveals Intratumoral Inhomogeneous Cell Activity with High Spatial and Energy Resolution. In: Tamaki, N., Kuge, Y. (eds) Molecular Imaging for Integrated Medical Therapy and Drug Development. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-98074-2_5

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