Effect of Collimation on Radiation Exposure and Image Quality
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Received May 15, 2013. Accepted May 31, 2013. Correspondence to: Mohamed Amin Ghobadifar, MD Department of Student Research Committee, Medicine School, Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, Motahari Avenue, Jahrom, Iran Tel: +98-936-620-8078, Fax: +98-711-636-13-86, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright c The Korean Pain Society, 2013 LETTER TO EDITORS
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