Radiography
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 126-132 , May 2007

Fine tuning of work practices of common radiological investigations performed using computed radiography system

Received 30 June 2005 ,Accepted 28 November 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2005.11.004

Radiography
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