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01-11-2010 | Editorial Commentary

Comparison of diagnostic performances of three different software packages in detecting coronary artery disease

Authors: Raffaele Giubbini, Francesco Bertagna

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 11/2010

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Quantitation was and is the main diagnostic goal of nuclear medicine. The ability to measure a process or to quantify a disease reflects the capability of a diagnostic tool to understand the intimal mechanism of physiological processes. Observing or measuring are completely different attitudes and they make the difference between modern, evidence-based medicine and the medicine of the nineteenth century based on subjectivity of physicians rather than objectivity of data. …

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Title: Comparison of diagnostic performances of three different software packages in detecting coronary artery disease
Authors: Raffaele Giubbini
Francesco Bertagna
Publication date: 01-11-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 11/2010
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-010-1600-4

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