Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 41-51 , January 2010

SPECT/CT in Imaging Foot and Ankle Pathology—The Demise of Other Coregistration Techniques

  • Hosahalli K. Mohan, MBBS, MRCP, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Hosahalli. K. Mohan, MBBS, MRCP, MSc, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ground Floor, New Guy's House, Guy's Hospital, St. Thomas' St, London SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Gopinath Gnanasegaran, MBBS, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Sanjay Vijayanathan, MBBS, MRCP, FRCR

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals, NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Ignac Fogelman, MBBS, FRCP, MD

      Affiliations

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

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doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2009.08.004

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 40, Issue 1 , Pages 41-51 , January 2010

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