European Journal of Radiology
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 159-165 , August 2010

What is the best contrast injection protocol for 64-row multi-detector cardiac computed tomography?

Received 12 October 2008 ,Revised 13 April 2009 ,Accepted 15 April 2009.

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☆ The paper was presented at an RSNA meeting of 2007. It was an original research and granted by the “Eleventh five-year plan” of the Ministry of Science and Technology, China (No.2007BAI05B02).

PII: S0720-048X(09)00235-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.04.035

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 159-165 , August 2010

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