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Achenbach, S. (2007). Assessment and Interpretation of Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaques. In: Multi-slice and Dual-source CT in Cardiac Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49546-8_10

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