Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 17-22 , January 2009

Expansion rate of nonaneurysmatic abdominal aorta: Over 10 years of follow-up CT studies

Received 29 May 2007 ,Revised 19 September 2008 ,Accepted 26 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2008.09.003

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 17-22 , January 2009

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