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A Preliminary Study of the Effects of Trigger Timing on Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Human Spinal Cord
P. Summers, P. Staempfli, T. Jaermann, S. Kwiecinski and S. Kollias
American Journal of Neuroradiology October 2006, 27 (9) 1952-1961;
P. Summers
P. Staempfli
T. Jaermann
S. Kwiecinski
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