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A CT Method to Measure Hemodynamics in Brain Tumors: Validation and Application of Cerebral Blood Flow Maps
Aleksa Cenic, Darius G. Nabavi, Rosemary A. Craen, Adrian W. Gelb and Ting-Yim Lee
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2000, 21 (3) 462-470;
Aleksa Cenic
aFrom the Imaging Research Laboratories (A.C., D.G.N., T-Y.L.), John P. Robarts Research Institute, London; Medical Biophysics Department (A.C., T-Y.L.), The University of Western Ontario, London; Imaging Division, Lawson Research Institute (A.C., T-Y.L.), St. Joseph's Health Centre, London; and Anesthesia Department (R.A.C., A.W.G.), London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.
Darius G. Nabavi
aFrom the Imaging Research Laboratories (A.C., D.G.N., T-Y.L.), John P. Robarts Research Institute, London; Medical Biophysics Department (A.C., T-Y.L.), The University of Western Ontario, London; Imaging Division, Lawson Research Institute (A.C., T-Y.L.), St. Joseph's Health Centre, London; and Anesthesia Department (R.A.C., A.W.G.), London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.
Rosemary A. Craen
aFrom the Imaging Research Laboratories (A.C., D.G.N., T-Y.L.), John P. Robarts Research Institute, London; Medical Biophysics Department (A.C., T-Y.L.), The University of Western Ontario, London; Imaging Division, Lawson Research Institute (A.C., T-Y.L.), St. Joseph's Health Centre, London; and Anesthesia Department (R.A.C., A.W.G.), London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.
Adrian W. Gelb
aFrom the Imaging Research Laboratories (A.C., D.G.N., T-Y.L.), John P. Robarts Research Institute, London; Medical Biophysics Department (A.C., T-Y.L.), The University of Western Ontario, London; Imaging Division, Lawson Research Institute (A.C., T-Y.L.), St. Joseph's Health Centre, London; and Anesthesia Department (R.A.C., A.W.G.), London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.
Ting-Yim Lee
aFrom the Imaging Research Laboratories (A.C., D.G.N., T-Y.L.), John P. Robarts Research Institute, London; Medical Biophysics Department (A.C., T-Y.L.), The University of Western Ontario, London; Imaging Division, Lawson Research Institute (A.C., T-Y.L.), St. Joseph's Health Centre, London; and Anesthesia Department (R.A.C., A.W.G.), London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada.

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Aleksa Cenic, Darius G. Nabavi, Rosemary A. Craen, Adrian W. Gelb, Ting-Yim Lee
A CT Method to Measure Hemodynamics in Brain Tumors: Validation and Application of Cerebral Blood Flow Maps
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