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High b-Value Diffusion (b = 3000 s/mm2) MR Imaging in Cerebral Gliomas at 3T: Visual and Quantitative Comparisons with b = 1000 s/mm2

H.S. Seo, K.-H. Chang, D.G. Na, B.J. Kwon and D.H. Lee
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2008, 29 (3) 458-463; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A0842

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High b-Value Diffusion (b = 3000 s/mm2) MR Imaging in Cerebral Gliomas at 3T: Visual and Quantitative Comparisons with b = 1000 s/mm2
H.S. Seo, K.-H. Chang, D.G. Na, B.J. Kwon, D.H. Lee
American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2008, 29 (3) 458-463; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0842
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