American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and Society of Nuclear Medicine joint position statement: attenuation correction of myocardial perfusion SPECT scintigraphy

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Vallejo, 2003, Cost-efficiency and safety for stress-only myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging in patients evaluated for coronary artery disease, J Nucl Cardiol, 10, S75