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Advances in quantitative assessment of myocardial blood flow and coronary reserve

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The authors are grateful to Ms Catherine Wrenn for her advice and editorial support.

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  1. Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies and Centre of Molecular and Cellular Imaging (IMAGO), University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Giovanni Lucignani

  2. Department of Diagnostic Services, Unit of Nuclear Medicine, San Paolo Hospital, Via Antonio di Rudinì, 8, 20142, Milan, Italy

    Giovanni Lucignani

  3. Department of Biomorphological and Functional Sciences, University Federico II, Naples, Italy

    Alberto Cuocolo

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Lucignani, G., Cuocolo, A. Advances in quantitative assessment of myocardial blood flow and coronary reserve. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 36, 1687–1692 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-009-1245-3

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