Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 320-328 , April 2010

Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging of the normal breast

  • Savannah C. Partridge

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA 98109-1023. Tel.: +1 206 288 1306; fax: +1 206 288 6473.
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  • Revathi S. Murthy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    • ,
  • Ali Ziadloo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    • ,
  • Steven W. White

      Affiliations

    • Department of Computer Science, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    • ,
  • Kimberly H. Allison

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
    • ,
  • Constance D. Lehman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

Received 28 May 2009 ,Revised 15 October 2009 ,Accepted 27 October 2009.

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☆ Supported by Susan G. Komen for the Cure grant BCTR0600618 and the Avon Breast Cancer Crusade Opportunity Fund.

PII: S0730-725X(09)00283-5

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.10.003

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 320-328 , April 2010

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