Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 452-464 , December 2009

Imaging of the Skin, Subcutis, and Galea Aponeurotica

  • Anna M. Sharman, MBChB (Hons), MRCP, FRCR

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Anna M. Sharman, MBChB (Hons), MRCP, FRCR, Department of Radiology, Level 2, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
    • ,
  • Olga Kirmi, BSc, MBBS, MRCS, FRCR

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Philip Anslow, MA, MB BChir, FRCR

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroradiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom

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doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2009.08.001

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 452-464 , December 2009

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