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Hanson, M.W., Borges-Neto, S. (2006). PET/CT in Cardiology. In: Workman, R.B., Coleman, R.E. (eds) PET/CT. Springer, New York, NY . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-38335-4_12

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