Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 379-381 , May 2010

Airport Full-Body Scanners

  • Mahadevappa Mahesh, MS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationMahadevappa Mahesh, MS, PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 601 N Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD 21287-0856

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PII: S1546-1440(10)00073-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2010.02.003

Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 7, Issue 5 , Pages 379-381 , May 2010