Research ArticleSpine Imaging and Spine Image-Guided Interventions
Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging of Metastatic Disease of the Spine: Assessment of Response to Therapy
Woo Mok Byun, Sei One Shin, Yongmin Chang, Sang Jin Lee, Jurgen Finsterbusch and Jens Frahm
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2002, 23 (6) 906-912;
Woo Mok Byun
aDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea
Sei One Shin
bTherapeutic Radiology and Oncology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea
Yongmin Chang
cDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, College of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea
Sang Jin Lee
dDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Gumi, Korea
Jurgen Finsterbusch
eBiomedizinische NMR Forschungs GmbH, Gottingen, Germany
Jens Frahm
eBiomedizinische NMR Forschungs GmbH, Gottingen, Germany

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Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging of Metastatic Disease of the Spine: Assessment of Response to Therapy
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