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Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) Exam: Image Acquisition
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1Department of Surgery A, Haemek Medical Center, Afula, B. Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel; DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma and Critical Care, Ryder Trauma Center, Miller School of Medicine University, Miami, Florida, USA.
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|July 22, 2010
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