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Hasegawa, B.H., Zaidi, H. (2006). Dual-Modality Imaging: More Than the Sum of its Components. In: Zaidi, H. (eds) Quantitative Analysis in Nuclear Medicine Imaging. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25444-7_2
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