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01-04-2017 | Editorial

Have SPECT artifacts breathed their last?

Author: Christopher L. Hansen, MD

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Issue 2/2017

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Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler—Albert Einstein

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Title: Have SPECT artifacts breathed their last?
Author: Christopher L. Hansen, MD
Publication date: 01-04-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 1071-3581
Electronic ISSN: 1532-6551
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-016-0428-0

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