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International Journal of Radiology & Medical Imaging Volume 2 (2016), Article ID 2:IJRMI-112, 5 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-446X/2016/112
Review Article
Cardiac Hybrid or Fusion Imaging of CT and SPECT

Shinro Matsuo

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kanazawa University Hospital, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
Dr. Shinro Matsuo, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kanazawa University Hospital, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan; E-mail: smatsuo@nmd.m.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
04 March 2016; 06 July 2016; 08 July 2016
Matsuo S (2016) Cardiac Hybrid or Fusion Imaging of CT and SPECT. Int J Radiol Med Imag 2: 112. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-446X/2016/112
The study was supported by JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) in Japan (Grant number 23591755). The author appreciates the contributions of the staff of the departments of nuclear medicine, Kanazawa University Hospital.

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