Academic Radiology
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 967-973 , August 2007

Economic Image Compression of Output Documentation of the Most Frequent Examinations in Nuclear Medicine

Received 17 September 2006 ,Accepted 31 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2007.03.016

Academic Radiology
Volume 14, Issue 8 , Pages 967-973 , August 2007