Abstract
The charm of diagnostic nuclear medicine derives from its ability to provide functional information, as a number, graph or image; by assessing the regional accumulation of administered radioactive materials. Although images reflect anatomical constraints, the discipline is complementary to other imaging modalities, which are essentially morphological.
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Abbreviations
- DPET:
-
dual photon emission tomography
- FDG:
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fluorodeoxyglucose
- SPET:
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single photon emission tomography
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Hamilton, D. (2004). Introduction. In: Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06588-4_1
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