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Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Cerebral White Matter: A Pictorial Review of Physics, Fiber Tract Anatomy, and Tumor Imaging Patterns

Brian J. Jellison, Aaron S. Field, Joshua Medow, Mariana Lazar, M. Shariar Salamat and Andrew L. Alexander
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2004, 25 (3) 356-369;
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Brian J. Jellison, Aaron S. Field, Joshua Medow, Mariana Lazar, M. Shariar Salamat, Andrew L. Alexander
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