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Hybrid Imaging in Emergency Room

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The rapid evaluation of patients in an emergency department requires a prompt availability of nuclear medicine staffing and radiopharmacy. This is the most important limitation. However, the introduction of hybrid technology and changes in imaging protocols are making nuclear medicine a more and more attractive and efficient way of providing functional diagnostic information.

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  1. Nuclear Medicine Department, ASST Ovest Milanese, Legnano, Milan, Italy

    Lorenzo Stefano Maffioli & Luca Dellavedova

  2. Nuclear Medicine Department, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

    Luigia Florimonte

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  1. S. Andrea Hospital, Department of Nuclear Medicine, La Spezia, Italy

    Andrea Ciarmiello

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Second University of Naples, Napoli, Italy

    Luigi Mansi

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Maffioli, L.S., Dellavedova, L., Florimonte, L. (2016). Hybrid Imaging in Emergency Room. In: Ciarmiello, A., Mansi, L. (eds) PET-CT and PET-MRI in Neurology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31614-7_17

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