Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 7 , Pages 872-880 , July 2009

Pediatric MDCT: Towards Assessing the Diagnostic Influence of Dose Reduction on the Detection of Small Lung Nodules

Received 30 September 2008 ,Accepted 24 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.01.028

Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 7 , Pages 872-880 , July 2009

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