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Imaging Brain Oxygenation with MRI Using Blood Oxygenation Approaches: Methods, Validation, and Clinical Applications
T. Christen, D.S. Bolar and G. Zaharchuk
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2012, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3070
T. Christen
From the Department of Radiology (T.C., G.Z.), Stanford University, Stanford, California; Department of Radiology (D.S.B.), Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (D.S.B.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
D.S. Bolar
From the Department of Radiology (T.C., G.Z.), Stanford University, Stanford, California; Department of Radiology (D.S.B.), Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (D.S.B.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
G. Zaharchuk
From the Department of Radiology (T.C., G.Z.), Stanford University, Stanford, California; Department of Radiology (D.S.B.), Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts; and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (D.S.B.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Imaging Brain Oxygenation with MRI Using Blood Oxygenation Approaches: Methods, Validation, and Clinical Applications
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