MR imaging of the liver: Different approaches mandated at high and open fields

Applied Radiology

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL SEP, 1997, Pages 13-20

  Sitarik, Kathleen ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0005000189     PISSN: 01609963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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