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Vital Signs Investigation in Subjects Undergoing MR Imaging at 8T
M. Yang, G. Christoforidis, A. Abduljali and D. Beversdorf
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2006, 27 (4) 922-928;
M. Yang
G. Christoforidis
A. Abduljali

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