Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 199-208 , May 2008

Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging: The Next Generation of Multimodality Imaging?

  • Bernd J. Pichler, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Bernd J. Pichler, PhD, Laboratory for Preclinical Imaging and Imaging Technology of the Werner Siemens Foundation, Department of Radiology, University of Tübingen, Röntgenweg 13, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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  • Hans F. Wehrl, MS
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  • Armin Kolb, BS
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  • Martin S. Judenhofer, BS

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doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2008.02.001

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 199-208 , May 2008

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