Advances in post-mortem CT-angiography

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1036, 2014, Pages

  Grabherr, S ^a   Grimm, J ^a,b   Dominguez, A ^a,c   Vanhaebost, J ^a,d   Mangin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACT; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ABDOMEN; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTIFACTS; AUTOPSY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84905916716     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: 1748880X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20130488     Document Type: Review

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