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SUV and segmentation: pressing challenges in tumour assessment and treatment

Author: Giovanni Lucignani

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 4/2009

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“Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.”

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Title: SUV and segmentation: pressing challenges in tumour assessment and treatment
Author: Giovanni Lucignani
Publication date: 01-04-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 4/2009
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-009-1085-1

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