PET-CT and PET-MRI in Oncology A Practical Guide
Over the past decade, PET-CT has achieved great success owing to its ability to simultaneously image structure and function, and show how the two are related. As a consequence, it has increasingly replaced stand-alone PET for most oncologic indications. M
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PET-CT and PET-MRI in Oncology A Practical Guide
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Editors Patrick Peller Rochester, MN USA
Ali Guermazi Boston University Medical Center Boston, MA USA
Rathan Subramaniam Boston University School of Medicine Boston, MA USA
ISBN 978-3-642-01138-2 ISBN 978-3-642-01139-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-01139-9
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Foreword
PET-CT is growing faster than any other imaging modality, and oncology is still by far the most frequent application of this modality. PET-CT
