Stimulated echoes: Description, applications, practical hints

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 269-278

  Burstein, Deborah ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0030306762     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0534(1996)8:4<269::AID-CMR3>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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