Anatomy of the heart at multidetector CT: What the radiologist needs to know

Radiographics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1569-1582

  O'Brien, James P ^a   Srichai, Monvadi B ^a   Hecht, Elizabeth M ^a   Kim, Daniel C ^a   Jacobs, Jill E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

HEART; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36849057739     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.276065747     Document Type: Article

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