CEUS from a radiological standpoint: Dream and reality;CEUS aus radiologischer sicht: Traum und wirklichkeit

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-127

  Mostbeck, G ^a  

^a Wilhelminenspital ^*  (Austria)

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COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; AUSTRIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NOTE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AUSTRIA; CONTRAST MEDIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 67649228004     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: 14388782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1109334     Document Type: Editorial

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