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PET/CT demonstrates increased myocardial FDG uptake following irradiation therapy

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  1. Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany

    K. Zöphel, C. Hölzel & J. Kotzerke

  2. OncoRay, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    K. Zöphel & J. Kotzerke

  3. Klinik und Poliklinik für Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie, Universitätsklinikum Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    M. Dawel, T. Hölscher & C. Evers

  4. PET-Zentrum, Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany

    J. Kotzerke

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Zöphel, K., Hölzel, C., Dawel, M. et al. PET/CT demonstrates increased myocardial FDG uptake following irradiation therapy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 34, 1322–1323 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-007-0469-3

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