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Thromboembolic Disease: Perfusion-Weighted Imaging of the Lung

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Multidetector-Row CT of the Thorax

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Technology, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany

    J. E. Wildberger MD

  2. Siemens Medical Solutions, Computed Tomography, Siemensstrasse 1, 91301, Forchheim, Germany

    M. U. Niethammer MSc

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  1. Department of Radiology Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    U. Joseph Schoepf MD

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Wildberger, J.E., Niethammer, M.U. (2006). Thromboembolic Disease: Perfusion-Weighted Imaging of the Lung. In: Joseph Schoepf, U. (eds) Multidetector-Row CT of the Thorax. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30006-6_18

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