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PET/CT for the assessment and quantification of 90Y biodistribution after selective internal radiotherapy (SIRT) of liver metastases

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  1. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-University Medical Center, Tübingen, Germany

    Matthias K. Werner, Klaus Brechtel & Christina Pfannenberg

  2. Nuclear Medicine, Eberhard-Karls-University Medical Center, Tübingen, Germany

    Helmut Dittmann & Jürgen Kupferschläger

  3. Imaging Science Institute (ISI) Tübingen, Eberhard-Karls-University Medical Center, Tübingen, Germany

    Thomas Beyer

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Werner, M.K., Brechtel, K., Beyer, T. et al. PET/CT for the assessment and quantification of 90Y biodistribution after selective internal radiotherapy (SIRT) of liver metastases. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 37, 407–408 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-009-1317-4

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