Body MDCT at 140 kV

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Tack, Denis ^a   Gevenois, Pierre Alain ^b  

^a RHMS ^*  (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; UROLITHIASIS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UROLITHIASIS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 63049136310     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1607     Document Type: Letter

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