Radiography
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 202-209 , August 2007

CEC analysis of radiological images produced in Europe and Asia

  • L.A. Rainford

      Affiliations

    • University College Dublin, UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, UCD Health Science Centre, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 1 7166537; fax: +353 1 7166547.
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  • E. Al-Qattan

      Affiliations

    • University College Dublin, UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, UCD Health Science Centre, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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  • S. McFadden

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, University of Ulster, Shore Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 OQB, Northern Ireland
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  • P.C. Brennan

      Affiliations

    • University College Dublin, UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, UCD Health Science Centre, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

Received 24 November 2005 ,Accepted 24 April 2006.

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PII: S1078-8174(06)00058-7

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2006.04.007

Radiography
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 202-209 , August 2007

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