Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 511-519 , May 2010

A new automatic phase mask filter for high-resolution brain venography at 3 T: theoretical background and experimental validation

Received 9 October 2009 ,Revised 16 December 2009 ,Accepted 21 December 2009.

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☆ This work was partially funded by DD MIUR 14.5.2005 n. 602-DM18640 of the Italian Ministry of Research.

PII: S0730-725X(09)00317-8

doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.12.025

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 511-519 , May 2010

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