Improved contrast agent bolus tracking using T1 FARM
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عنوان ژورنال: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0740-3194,1522-2594
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2594(199903)41:3<429::aid-mrm1>3.0.co;2-v