Radiation exposure and dose reduction measures in cardiac CT

Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-140

  Meyer, Tanja ^b   Hein, Franziska ^b   Martinoff, Stefan ^b   Schömig, Albert ^b   Hausleiter, Jörg ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE

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EID: 71749110246     PISSN: 19419066     EISSN: 19419074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12410-008-0020-3     Document Type: Article

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