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Dose reduction in abdominal CT: The road to submillisievert imaging

Authors: Alexander A. Fingerle, Peter B. Noël

Published in: European Radiology | Issue 7/2018

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This editorial comment refers to the article: Can We Perform CT of the Appendix with Less than 1 mSv? A De-escalating Dose-simulation Study. Park JH, et al., Eur Radiol, Dec 7, 2017.

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Title: Dose reduction in abdominal CT: The road to submillisievert imaging
Authors: Alexander A. Fingerle
Peter B. Noël
Publication date: 01-07-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Radiology / Issue 7/2018
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-018-5397-z

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