Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 11-19 , January 2008

Feasibility study of myocardial perfusion and oxygenation by noncontrast MRI: comparison with PET study in a canine model

Received 22 February 2007 ,Revised 19 April 2007 ,Accepted 21 April 2007.

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 This research is supported in part by the grants from the Whitaker Foundation and National Institute of Health (R01 HL74019-01).

PII: S0730-725X(07)00272-X

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2007.04.009

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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