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Attenuation correction and metal artifact reduction in FDG PET/CT for prosthetic heart valve and cardiac implantable device endocarditis

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, The Netherlands

    Asbjørn M. Scholtens MD

  2. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Hein J. Verberne MD, PhD

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Scholtens, A.M., Verberne, H.J. Attenuation correction and metal artifact reduction in FDG PET/CT for prosthetic heart valve and cardiac implantable device endocarditis. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 25, 2172–2173 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-017-1176-5

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