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The accurate diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE) is challenging for both clinicians and imaging specialists. Misdiagnosis must be avoided because untreated PE has a mortality rate reported to be up to 30 %, and unnecessary treatment with anticoagulation places patients at risk of bleeding [1–3].

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Roach, P.J. (2014). Lung SPECT/CT. In: Ahmadzadehfar, H., Biersack, HJ. (eds) Clinical Applications of SPECT-CT. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35283-6_11

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