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MR Pulmonary angiography: assessment of PIOPED III data

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Dr. Rybicki has research grants from Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Bracco Diagnostics, and Vital Images. No part of this Editorial was funded by industry.

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Editorial comment onto the articles of Sostman et al. (doi: 10.1007/s10554-011-9820-7) and Woodard et al. (doi: 10.1007/s10554-011-9821-6).

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Rybicki, F.J. MR Pulmonary angiography: assessment of PIOPED III data. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 28, 313–315 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-011-9835-0

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