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Neuroradiology: Neoplasms and Epilepsy

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PET-CT

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Abstract

In this chapter we discuss a few cases that signify the use of PET imaging in the brain and head and neck soft tissues.

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  1. Rancho Research Institute, Downey, CA, USA

    Saman Hazany MD

  2. Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    John Go MD, Robert W. Henderson MD & Paul Kim MD

  3. Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Meng Law MBBS, FRACR

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  1. Dept. Radiology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Peter S. Conti

  2. SCPMG, Kaiser Permanente SCPMG, Riverside, California, USA

    Aarti Kaushik

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Hazany, S., Go, J., Henderson, R.W., Kim, P., Law, M. (2016). Neuroradiology: Neoplasms and Epilepsy. In: Conti, P., Kaushik, A. (eds) PET-CT. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5811-2_12

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