Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 4 , Pages 295-311 , October 2006

Optimized Scintigraphic Evaluation of Infection and Inflammation: Role of Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography Fusion Imaging

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doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2006.05.004

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 4 , Pages 295-311 , October 2006

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