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Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring With Multislice Computed Tomography

Christoph Thomas, Georg M hlenbruch, Joachim E. Wildberger, Christian Hohl, Marco Das, Rolf W. G nther, Andreas H. Mahnken

Investigative Radiology · 2006 · 58 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

Using an 80-kVp protocol in coronary calcium scoring, a relevant dose reduction is possible without compromising reproducibility and accuracy.

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