British Journal of Radiology
1748-880X
0007-1285
Anh Quốc
Cơ quản chủ quản: BRITISH INST RADIOLOGY , British Institute of Radiology
Lĩnh vực:
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingMedicine (miscellaneous)
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BJR is the international research journal of the British Institute of Radiology and is the oldest scientific journal in the field of radiology and related sciences. Dating back to 1896, BJR’s history is radiology’s history, and the journal has featured some landmark papers such as the first description of CT "Computerized transverse axial tomography" by Godfrey Hounsfield in 1973. A valuable historical resource, the complete BJR archive has been digitized from 1896. BJR is an international, multi-disciplinary journal covering the clinical and technical aspects of medical imaging, radiotherapy, oncology, medical physics, radiobiology and the underpinning sciences. BJR is essential reading for radiologists, medical physicists, radiation oncologists, radiotherapists, radiographers and radiobiologists.
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