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Frequent diagnostic errors in cardiac PET/CT due to misregistration of CT attenuation and emission PET images: a definitive analysis of causes, consequences, and corrections.
Gould KL, Pan T, Loghin C, Johnson NP, Guha A, Sdringola S. J Nucl Med. 2007;48:1112-1121.

In this study, 40% of cardiac PET/CT scans showed a false-positive result due to technical errors. The authors discuss methods for avoiding such errors.
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