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Clinical PET and PET-CT

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Molecular Imaging: Computer Reconstruction and Practice

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The aim of this report is to provide general information about the use of PET and PET-CT in clinical routine, mainly in oncology and to explain with some selected examples what one can see and what one cannot see in PET and PET-CT.

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  1. Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, rue Micheli-du-Crest 24, CH-1211, Genève 14, Switzerland

    Susanne Albrecht

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  1. Site d’ Archamps, European Scientific Institute, Archamps, France

    Yves Lemoigne  & Alessandra Caner  & 

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Albrecht, S. (2008). Clinical PET and PET-CT. In: Lemoigne, Y., Caner, A. (eds) Molecular Imaging: Computer Reconstruction and Practice. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8752-3_1

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