Maximizing Iodine Contrast-to-Noise Ratios in Abdominal CT Imaging through Use of Energy Domain Noise Reduction and Virtual Monoenergetic Dual-Energy CT
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0033-8419,1527-1315
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2015140857