Weight-bearing CT for Knee Osteoarthritis Assessment: A Story Unfolds
1From the Department of Radiology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; and Quantitative Imaging Center (QIC), Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Ave, FGH Building, 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02118.
Radiology
|April 14, 2021
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