Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 1, Supplement , Pages S57-S63 , January 2009

Didactics and training in cardiovascular computed tomography angiography

Received 22 May 2008 ,Accepted 20 September 2008.

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

 Supported by a Siemens Outstanding Academic Research award.

PII: S1934-5925(08)00712-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2008.10.018

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 3, Issue 1, Supplement , Pages S57-S63 , January 2009

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