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CT Perfusion Quantification of Small-Vessel Ischemic Severity
T.J. Huynh, B. Murphy, J.A. Pettersen, H. Tu, D.J. Sahlas, L. Zhang, S.P. Symons, S. Black, T.-Y. Lee and R.I. Aviv
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2008, 29 (10) 1831-1836; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1238
T.J. Huynh
B. Murphy
J.A. Pettersen
H. Tu
D.J. Sahlas
L. Zhang
S.P. Symons
S. Black
T.-Y. Lee

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T.J. Huynh, B. Murphy, J.A. Pettersen, H. Tu, D.J. Sahlas, L. Zhang, S.P. Symons, S. Black, T.-Y. Lee, R.I. Aviv
CT Perfusion Quantification of Small-Vessel Ischemic Severity
American Journal of Neuroradiology Nov 2008, 29 (10) 1831-1836; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1238
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