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The first bremsstrahlung imaging was performed early 1966 by Simon et al. [1, 2] using a rectilinear scanner following a liver radioembolisation via the hepatic artery with 90Y loaded 15 μm diameter microspheres. Although of very low quality, this imaging already provided the main information: the carcinoid tumours were well preferentially targeted (Fig. 13.1).

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    Hans-Jürgen Biersack

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Walrand, S. (2014). Bremsstrahlung 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_13

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