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Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 6/2012

01-06-2012 | Book Review

Stefano Fanti, Mohsen Farsad, Luigi Mansi (eds): Atlas of SPECT-CT

Springer, Berlin 2011, ISBN: 978-3-642-15725-7

Author: Emilio Bombardieri

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 6/2012

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One of the most important improvements in the evolution of nuclear medicine instruments in recent years is the fast development of hybrid systems, which are a direct method of integrating the physiological and functional data furnished by nuclear medicine devices (SPECT and PET) with the anatomical data furnished by radiological modalities (CT and RM). With the so-called fusion imaging it has become possible to obtain information containing the advantages but not the disadvantages of the single procedures taken alone, allowing higher diagnostic accuracy. …
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Title
Stefano Fanti, Mohsen Farsad, Luigi Mansi (eds): Atlas of SPECT-CT
Springer, Berlin 2011, ISBN: 978-3-642-15725-7
Author
Emilio Bombardieri
Publication date
01-06-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 6/2012
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-012-2084-1

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