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Should SPET attenuation correction be more widely employed in routine clinical practice?

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Ficaro, E.P. Should SPET attenuation correction be more widely employed in routine clinical practice?. Eur J Nucl Med 29, 409–412 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-001-0759-0

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