Simulation study comparing high-purity germanium and cadmium zinc telluride detectors for breast imaging
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عنوان ژورنال: Physics in Medicine and Biology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0031-9155,1361-6560
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/22/7059