CA2553177A1 - Methods and systems for multi-modality imaging - Google Patents

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CA2553177A1
CA2553177A1 CA002553177A CA2553177A CA2553177A1 CA 2553177 A1 CA2553177 A1 CA 2553177A1 CA 002553177 A CA002553177 A CA 002553177A CA 2553177 A CA2553177 A CA 2553177A CA 2553177 A1 CA2553177 A1 CA 2553177A1
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Leonid Yakubovsky
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    • A61B6/584—Calibration using calibration phantoms determining position of components of the apparatus or device using images of the phantom

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