## Background: Positron emission tomography (pet) is a nuclear imaging technique providing noninvasive, three-dimensional, whole-body, quantitative images. the primary use of pet is in tumor detection and staging. more recently, it has been shown to be of value in assessing patients with inflammato
PET/CT in the Evaluation of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Studies in Patients Before and After Treatment
โ Scribed by Bret J. Spier; Scott B. Perlman; Christine J. Jaskowiak; Mark Reichelderfer
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 122 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1536-1632
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