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Count density curves for gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging studies: An overview of technical considerations, patterns in various arrhythmia-related artifacts, and a technologist’s guide for curve plotting

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Qutbi, M. Count density curves for gated SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging studies: An overview of technical considerations, patterns in various arrhythmia-related artifacts, and a technologist’s guide for curve plotting. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 25, 1156–1163 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-018-1277-9

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