Computed tomography imaging of patients with headache: Findings and clinical indications

Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-26

  Sun, Zhonghua ^a   Cao, Yan ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Shandong Medical College   (China)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnostic application; Headache; Imaging; Symptom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865524631     PISSN: 21567018     EISSN: 21567026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jmihi.2011.1003     Document Type: Article

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