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Chapter 7 - Cerebral perfusion imaging by exogenous contrast agents

from Section 1 - Physiological MR techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

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Leif Østergaard
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Jonathan H. Gillard ,
Adam D. Waldman  and
Peter B. Barker
Jonathan H. Gillard
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Adam D. Waldman
Affiliation:
Imperial College London
Peter B. Barker
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Clinical MR Neuroimaging
Physiological and Functional Techniques
 , pp. 86 - 93
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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