Measurement of parenchymal extravascular R2* and tissue oxygen extraction fraction using multi-echo vascular space occupancy MRI at 7 T.
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SUBMITTER: Cheng Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4297270 | biostudies-other | 2015 Feb
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