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In Vivo Quantitative Assessment of Myocardial Structure, Function, Perfusion and Viability Using Cardiac Micro-computed Tomography
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Assessment of myocardial viability using a [15O]-water perfusion PET: Towards a one-stop shop?
Christel Hermann Kamani1, John O Prior2,3
1Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Lausanne University Hospital, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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