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PET scan with 11C-acetate for the imaging of liver masses: report of a false positive case

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

    R. Lhommel & M. Lonneux

  2. Department of Radiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

    L. Annet

  3. Positron Emission Tomography Laboratory, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

    A. Bol

  4. Hepato-biliary Surgery, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

    J-F. Gigot

  5. Anatomo-pathology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

    C. Sempoux

  6. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Clinique Saint-Elisabeth, Namur, Belgium

    I. Mathieu

  7. Department of Radiotherapy, Clinique Saint-Elisabeth, Namur, Belgium

    M. Seret

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Lhommel, R., Annet, L., Bol, A. et al. PET scan with 11C-acetate for the imaging of liver masses: report of a false positive case. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 32, 629 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-004-1698-3

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