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Metadata
Title
99mTc-HMPAO-labelled leucocytes in musculoskeletal infections: the choice of reference tissue for semiquantitative analysis
Authors
Pavel Koranda
Milan Kamínek
Publication date
01-05-2014
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 5/2014
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-014-2694-x

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