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Comparison of Eye Lens Dose on Neuroimaging Protocols between 16- and 64-Section Multidetector CT: Achieving the Lowest Possible Dose
  
    	
J.S.P. Tan, K.-L. Tan, J.C.L. Lee, C.-M. Wan, J.-L. Leong and L.-L. Chan

  
    	
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2009,  30 (2) 373-377; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1327 

  
  
  



  


  
  



			

		

	
	
 	
	  
  

		
		

			

			  

  
      
  
  

    
  


  
  



  
      
  
  

    

  

    

  
      
  
  

    
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