On-resonant binomial pulse preparation for magnetization transfer contrast enhanced coronary vein imaging
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C. T. Stoeck, D. C. Peters, Y. Han, K. V. Kissinger, B. Goddu, L. Goepfert, W. J. Manning, S. Kozerke, and R. Nezafat Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard, Boston, MA, United States, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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