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  1. Department of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134, Verona, Italy

    Riccardo De Robertis, Flavio Spoto, Daniele Autelitano, Daniela Guagenti, Antonia Maria Olivieri, Piero Zanutto, Greta Maria Incarbone & Mirko D’Onofrio

  2. Department of Radiology, Ospedale G.B. Rossi AOUI Verona, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134, Verona, Italy

    Riccardo De Robertis, Flavio Spoto, Daniele Autelitano, Daniela Guagenti, Antonia Maria Olivieri, Piero Zanutto, Greta Maria Incarbone & Mirko D’Onofrio

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De Robertis, R., Spoto, F., Autelitano, D. et al. Response to "Ultrasound-derived fat fraction is not yet ready for widespread clinical use" by Low et al. Radiol med 129, 348–349 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11547-024-01775-1

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