Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 549-555 , June 2006

Fast 3D echo planar SSFP-based 1H spectroscopic imaging: demonstration on the rat brain in vivo

Received 6 June 2005 ,Accepted 16 September 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2005.09.015

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 549-555 , June 2006

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