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Automated Processing of Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI: Correlation of Advanced Pharmacokinetic Metrics with Tumor Grade in Pediatric Brain Tumors

S. Vajapeyam, C. Stamoulis, K. Ricci, M. Kieran and T. Young Poussaint
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2017, 38 (1) 170-175; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4949
S. Vajapeyam
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.V., C.S., T.Y.P.)
eHarvard Medical School (S.V., C.S., M.K., T.Y.P.), Boston, Massachusetts.
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C. Stamoulis
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.V., C.S., T.Y.P.)
bNeurology (C.S.), Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
eHarvard Medical School (S.V., C.S., M.K., T.Y.P.), Boston, Massachusetts.
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K. Ricci
cCancer Center (K.R.), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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M. Kieran
dDepartment of Pediatric Oncology (M.K.), Dana-Farber Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts
eHarvard Medical School (S.V., C.S., M.K., T.Y.P.), Boston, Massachusetts.
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T. Young Poussaint
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (S.V., C.S., T.Y.P.)
eHarvard Medical School (S.V., C.S., M.K., T.Y.P.), Boston, Massachusetts.
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