Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 4-15 , January 2009

Practical approaches to overcoming artifacts in coronary CT angiography

Received 13 August 2008 ,Accepted 26 November 2008.

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 Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S1934-5925(08)00711-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2008.11.006

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 4-15 , January 2009

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