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Other Technetium Isotopes: 94mTc as a Potential Substitute in Positron Emission Tomography Investigations

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Kovács, Z. (2007). Other Technetium Isotopes: 94mTc as a Potential Substitute in Positron Emission Tomography Investigations. In: Zolle, I. (eds) Technetium-99m Pharmaceuticals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33990-8_10

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