Techniques in Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 183-187 , September 2010

Managing Image Quality and Patient Dose in the Angiography Suite: Do You Really Need That Image Quality?

  • Robert G. Dixon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Robert G. Dixon, MD, Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7510
    • ,
  • Louis Wagner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, University of Texas, Houston Medical School, Houston, TX

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PII: S1089-2516(10)00017-X

doi: 10.1053/j.tvir.2010.03.008

Techniques in Vascular & Interventional Radiology
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 183-187 , September 2010

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