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Simultaneous dual-radionuclide imaging: are the images trustworthy?

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Links, J.M. Simultaneous dual-radionuclide imaging: are the images trustworthy?. Eur J Nucl Med 23, 1289–1291 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01367582

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