Slice Wars vs Dose Wars in Multiple-Row Detector CT

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-202

  Mahesh, Mahadevappa ^a   Hevezi, James M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 60649102500     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2008.11.027     Document Type: Article

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