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Putting ‘clear’ into nuclear medicine: a decade of PET/CT development

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122, Essen, Germany

    Thomas Beyer

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    David W. Townsend

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Beyer, T., Townsend, D.W. Putting ‘clear’ into nuclear medicine: a decade of PET/CT development. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 33, 857–861 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-006-0137-z

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