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Imaging in Drug Discovery and Early Clinical Trials

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Gheysens, O., Gambhir, S.S. (2005). Studying molecular and cellular processes in the intact organism. In: Herrling, P.L., Matter, A., Rudin, M. (eds) Imaging in Drug Discovery and Early Clinical Trials. Progress in Drug Research, vol 62. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7426-8_4

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