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Iterative reconstruction improves evaluation of native aortic and mitral valves by retrospectively ECG-gated

Martin J Willemink1, Jesse Habets, Pim A de Jong

  • 1Department of Radiology, Utrecht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 85500, E01.132, 3508 GA, Utrecht, The Netherlands. m.willemink@umcutrecht.nl

European Radiology
|October 16, 2012
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