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  1. PET Imaging Science Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Peter S. Conti MD, PhD, FACNP, FACR (Professor of Radiology, Clinical Pharmacy & Biomedical Engineering, Director) & Daniel K. Cham MD, MS (Clinical Research Fellow) (Professor of Radiology, Clinical Pharmacy & Biomedical Engineering, Director) &  (Clinical Research Fellow)

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Go, J.L. (2005). Head and Neck Cancers. In: Conti, P.S., Cham, D.K. (eds) PET-CT. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27044-2_12

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