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Measured Head CT/CTA Skin Dose and Intensive Care Unit Patient Cumulative Exposure

R.D. Nawfel and G.S. Young
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2017, 38 (3) 455-461; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5040
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aFrom the Department of Radiology (R.D.N., G.S.Y.), Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
cDepartment of Radiology (R.D.N., G.S.Y.), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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R.D. Nawfel, G.S. Young
Measured Head CT/CTA Skin Dose and Intensive Care Unit Patient Cumulative Exposure
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