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Radiology Research and Practice
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 864369, 12 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/864369
Review Article

Multidetector Computer Tomography: Evaluation of Blunt Chest Trauma in Adults

João Palas,1 António P. Matos,1 Vasco Mascarenhas,2 Vasco Herédia,3 and Miguel Ramalho1

1Department of Radiology, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Avenida Torrado da Silva, Almada, 2801-951 Setúbal, Portugal
2Department of Radiology, Hospital da Luz, Avenida Lusíada 100, 1500-650 Lisbon, Portugal
3Department of Radiology, Hospital Espírito Santo, Largo do Senhor da Pobreza, 7000-811 Évora, Portugal

Received 27 April 2014; Revised 21 July 2014; Accepted 13 August 2014; Published 8 September 2014

Academic Editor: Hoen-oh Shin

Copyright © 2014 João Palas et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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