Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 90-99 , April 2008

Cardiac Computed Tomography: Technique and Optimization of Protocols

  • Jamaluddin Moloo, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and the Heart and Vascular Center, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO.
    • ,
  • Michael D. Shapiro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
    • ,
  • Suhny Abbara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Suhny Abbara, MD, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street (GRB-290), Boston, MA 02114.

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PII: S0037-198X(08)00005-9

doi: 10.1053/j.ro.2008.01.004

Seminars in Roentgenology
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 90-99 , April 2008

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