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Facts and figures on CAD assessment with SPECT and PET-CT

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Lucignani, G. Facts and figures on CAD assessment with SPECT and PET-CT. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 35, 439–445 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-007-0665-1

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