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01-08-2013 | Letter to the Editor

On some misconceptions about tumor heterogeneity quantification

Author: Frank J. Brooks

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 8/2013

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Title: On some misconceptions about tumor heterogeneity quantification
Author: Frank J. Brooks
Publication date: 01-08-2013
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 8/2013
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-013-2430-y

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