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UT study reveals inaccuracies in cardiac PET-CT imaging, finds fixes

07-03-2007 · EurekAlert!

A study by K. Lance Gould, M.D., professor in the Division of Cardiology at the UT Medical School at Houston -- published today on the cover page of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine -- says PET-CT scanners with standard commercial software designed to provide images of the heart are falsely indicating coronary artery disease in as many as 40 percent of patients.

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