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Is regulatory compliance enough to ensure excellence in medicine?

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  1. Carl E. Ravin Advanced Imaging Labs and Clinical Imaging Physics Group, Duke University Health System, 2424 Erwin Road, Suite 302, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Francesco Ria

  2. Carl E. Ravin Advanced Imaging Labs, Clinical Imaging Physics Group, Medical Physics Graduate Program, Departments of Radiology, Physics, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, 2424 Erwin Road, Suite 302, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Ehsan Samei

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Ria, F., Samei, E. Is regulatory compliance enough to ensure excellence in medicine?. Radiol med 125, 904–905 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11547-020-01171-5

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