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PET/CT scan without sedation: how to use total-body PET/CT to salvage child’s involuntary movement?

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

    Yongjiang Li, Juan Wang, Junfeng Hu, Jin Jia, Yumo Zhao & Yingying Hu

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, No.651 Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

    Yongjiang Li, Junfeng Hu, Jin Jia, Yumo Zhao & Yingying Hu

  3. Department of Pediatric Oncology, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

    Juan Wang

  4. Central Research Institute, United Imaging Healthcare Group Co, Ltd, Shanghai, China

    Hongyan Sun

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Li, Y., Wang, J., Hu, J. et al. PET/CT scan without sedation: how to use total-body PET/CT to salvage child’s involuntary movement?. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 50, 2912–2913 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-023-06208-1

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