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Influence of exposure parameters on patient dose and image noise in computed tomography Cover

Influence of exposure parameters on patient dose and image noise in computed tomography

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|Sep 2010

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10013-009-0021-9 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
Language: English
Page range: 215 - 226
Published on: Sep 22, 2010
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2010 Desislav Stoyanov, Jenia Vassileva, published by Polish Society of Medical Physics
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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