MDCT for diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: Have we reached our goal?

Multidetector-Row Computed Tomography: Scanning and Contrast Protocols

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 89-93

  Kopp, Andreas F ^a   Küttner, Axel ^a   Schröder, Stephen ^a   Heuschmid, Martin ^a   Claussen, Claus D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84889955410     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/88-470-0363-6_13     Document Type: Chapter

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