Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 431-442 , November 2009

Multislice SPECT/CT in Benign and Malignant Bone Disease: When the Ordinary Turns Into the Extraordinary

  • Gopinath Gnanasegaran, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology/Nuclear Medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Gopinath Gnanasegaran, MD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Lambeth Palace Rd, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
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  • Tara Barwick, MRCP, FRCR

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Kathryn Adamson, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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  • Hosahalli Mohan, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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  • David Sharp, HNC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Ignac Fogelman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

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doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2009.07.005

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 431-442 , November 2009

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