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MDCT and Obesity

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Abstract

Although multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) is widely available, its use is curtailed in three groups of patients: pediatric patients, pregnant patients, and the morbidly obese.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Raul N. Uppot

  2. Division of Abdominal Imaging and Interventional Radiology Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Raul N. Uppot

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  1. Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Mannudeep K. Kalra

  2. Department of Radiology Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Sanjay Saini

  3. Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Geoffrey D. Rubin

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Uppot, R.N. (2008). MDCT and Obesity. In: Kalra, M.K., Saini, S., Rubin, G.D. (eds) MDCT. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0832-8_7

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