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01-09-2015 | Editorial

Forensic and medico-legal radiology: challenges, issues and new perspectives

Authors: Giuseppe Guglielmi, Michelangelo Nasuto, Antonio Pinto

Published in: La radiologia medica | Issue 9/2015

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During the last decades the radiologist’s world has been significantly influenced by the waves of technological progress. Higher anatomical detail and multi-parametric analysis of pathological changes have widened the imaging spectrum and set new health quality standards demanding a more complex professional figure. …

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Title: Forensic and medico-legal radiology: challenges, issues and new perspectives
Authors: Giuseppe Guglielmi
Michelangelo Nasuto
Antonio Pinto
Publication date: 01-09-2015
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: La radiologia medica / Issue 9/2015
Print ISSN: 0033-8362
Electronic ISSN: 1826-6983
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11547-015-0567-4

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