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Whole-body PET/MRI of Pediatric Patients: The Details That Matter
Published on: December 19, 2017
Paediatric Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy
1Centre for Children's Health Research, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Abstract:
Every day throughout the world, medical imaging and radiation therapy leads to the diagnosis and potential cure of countless children. The year 2026 commemorates several milestones which have laid the foundations of contemporary best-practice. World Radiotherapy Awareness Day is a significant international commemoration and a time to reflect on life-saving and life-enriching practices which are based on the radiation specialties, and a time to reflect both on their origins and their future potential.
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