The molecular imaging approach to image infections and inflammation by nuclear medicine techniques

Alberto Signore1,2, Andor W J M Glaudemans1
1Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
2Medicina Nucleare, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Ospedale S. Andrea, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

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