Optimization of the MPRAGE sequence for fully automatic brain volumetry and a comparison of reproducibility between two different phased array receiver head coils at 3 T
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L. E. Nordin, L. Svensson, P. Julin, S. Müller, and T. L. Lindholm Medical Physics, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden, SMILE Image Laboratory, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden, AstraZeneca R&D Neuroscience, Södertälje, Sweden, Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden, Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
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