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Will the new advantages provided by PET in myocardial perfusion imaging help nuclear cardiology survive the test of time against conventional radiological techniques?

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fondazione Poliambulanza, Via Bissolati 57, 25100, Brescia, Italy

    Federico Caobelli, Claudio Pizzocaro & Ugo Paolo Guerra

  2. 2nd Department of Radiology, University of Brescia, P. le Spedali Civili 1, 25100, Brescia, Italy

    Davide Farina

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Caobelli, F., Farina, D., Pizzocaro, C. et al. Will the new advantages provided by PET in myocardial perfusion imaging help nuclear cardiology survive the test of time against conventional radiological techniques?. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 39, 1970–1972 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-012-2214-9

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