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Multidetector-Row CT of the Thorax

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  1. Department of Angiography and Interventional Radiology, University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Dominik Fleischmann MD (Associate Professor of Radiology)

  2. Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, USA

    Dominik Fleischmann MD (Associate Professor of Radiology)

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  1. Department of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    U. Joseph Schoepf MD

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Fleischmann, D. (2006). Contrast Medium Injection Technique. In: Joseph Schoepf, U. (eds) Multidetector-Row CT of the Thorax. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30006-6_4

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