Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 263-268 , August 2009

Abdominal aortic aneurysm diameter: A comparison of ultrasound measurements with those from standard and three-dimensional computed tomography reconstruction

Received 14 January 2009 ,Accepted 28 February 2009.

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PII: S0741-5214(09)00610-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.02.243

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 263-268 , August 2009

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