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Letter to the editor: Lassen et al. 3D PET/CT 82Rb PET myocardial blood flow quantification: comparison of half-dose and full-dose protocols

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    Jennifer M. Renaud, Jonathan B. Moody & Edward P. Ficaro

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J.M. Renaud and J.B. Moody are employees of INVIA. J.M. Renaud is a consultant for Jubilant DraxImage Inc. and receives royalties from the sales of FlowQuant® software. E.P. Ficaro is an owner and a stockholder of INVIA.

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Renaud, J.M., Moody, J.B. & Ficaro, E.P. Letter to the editor: Lassen et al. 3D PET/CT 82Rb PET myocardial blood flow quantification: comparison of half-dose and full-dose protocols. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 47, 2729–2730 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-020-04950-4

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