Small average differences in attenuation corrected images between men and women in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: A novel normal stress database

BMC Medical Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Trägårdh, Elin ^a   Sjöstrand, Karl ^b   Jakobsson, David ^a   Edenbrandt, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 80053444625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2342-11-18     Document Type: Article

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