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PET/CT Image Artifacts Caused by the Arms

Ismet Sarikaya and Ali Sarikaya
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology March 2021, 49 (1) 19-22; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.120.248641
Ismet Sarikaya
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine, Safat, Kuwait; and
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vol. 49 no. 1 19-22
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https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.120.248641
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32709674

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Society of Nuclear Medicine
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0091-4916
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  • Received for publication April 29, 2020
  • Accepted for publication June 17, 2020
  • Published online March 3, 2021.

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  1. Ismet Sarikaya1 and
  2. Ali Sarikaya2
  1. 1Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait University Faculty of Medicine, Safat, Kuwait; and
  2. 2Department of Nuclear Medicine, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey
  1. For correspondence or reprints contact: Ismet Sarikaya, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kuwait University, P.O. Box 24923, Safat, Kuwait 13110. E-mail: isarikaya99@yahoo.com
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