Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 27, Issue 9 , Pages 1198-1207 , November 2009

Feasibility of post-gadolinium three-dimensional gradient-echo sequence to evaluate the pulmonary arterial vasculature

Received 28 June 2008 ,Revised 19 March 2009 ,Accepted 7 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.05.011

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 27, Issue 9 , Pages 1198-1207 , November 2009

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