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01-05-2011 | Letter to the Editor

Does hybrid diagnostic imaging in cardiology have the same significance as in oncology?

Authors: Panagiotis Georgoulias, Ioannis Tsougos, Varvara Valotassiou, Nikolaos Demakopoulos

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 5/2011

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Title: Does hybrid diagnostic imaging in cardiology have the same significance as in oncology?
Authors: Panagiotis Georgoulias
Ioannis Tsougos
Varvara Valotassiou
Nikolaos Demakopoulos
Publication date: 01-05-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 5/2011
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-011-1746-8

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