Chest MRI in patients with cystic fibrosis: A radiation-free method

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-106

  Hochhegger, Bruno ^a   Irion, Klaus L ^b   Marchiori, Edson ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84871377140     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202232     Document Type: Letter

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