MR elastography of liver fibrosis: preliminary results comparing spin-echo and echo-planar imaging
✍ Scribed by Laurent Huwart; Najat Salameh; Leon ter Beek; Eric Vicaut; Frank Peeters; Ralph Sinkus; Bernard E. Van Beers
- Book ID
- 113031860
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 194 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0938-7994
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