Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 27, Issue 9 , Pages 1208-1215 , November 2009

Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging parameters independent of baseline T10 values

  • Jun-Yu Guo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiological Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 901 595 2085; fax: +1 901 595 3981.
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  • Wilburn E. Reddick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiological Sciences, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
    • ,
  • Mark A. Rosen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Hee Kwon Song

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Received 15 August 2008 ,Revised 23 March 2009 ,Accepted 7 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.05.015

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 27, Issue 9 , Pages 1208-1215 , November 2009

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