Fast CT for aortic dissection

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 826, 1996, Pages 900-905

  Small, J H ^a,b   Dixon, A K ^a   Coulden, R A ^a   Flower, C D R ^a   Housden, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASCENDING AORTA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 0029966860     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-69-826-900     Document Type: Article

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