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One of the crucial conditions for a successful PET examination is precise knowledge of indications, counterindications, limitations and capacities of the method as well as correspondence between the approaches opted for and the goals and objectives of the examination.
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Granov, A., Tiutin, L., Schwarz, T. (2013). Methodical Aspects of Using PET. In: Granov, A., Tiutin, L., Schwarz, T. (eds) Positron Emission Tomography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21120-1_2
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