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Quantitative Blood Flow Measurements in Gliomas Using Arterial Spin-Labeling at 3T: Intermodality Agreement and Inter- and Intraobserver Reproducibility Study

T. Hirai, M. Kitajima, H. Nakamura, T. Okuda, A. Sasao, Y. Shigematsu, D. Utsunomiya, S. Oda, H. Uetani, M. Morioka and Y. Yamashita
American Journal of Neuroradiology December 2011, 32 (11) 2073-2079; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2725
T. Hirai
aFrom the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (T.H., M.K., A.S., Y.S., D.U., S.O., H.U., Y.Y.)
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M. Kitajima
aFrom the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (T.H., M.K., A.S., Y.S., D.U., S.O., H.U., Y.Y.)
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H. Nakamura
bNeurosurgery (H.N., M.M.), Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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T. Okuda
cDepartment of Radiology (T.O.), Kumamoto Radiosurgery, Kumamoto, Japan.
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A. Sasao
aFrom the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (T.H., M.K., A.S., Y.S., D.U., S.O., H.U., Y.Y.)
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Y. Shigematsu
aFrom the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (T.H., M.K., A.S., Y.S., D.U., S.O., H.U., Y.Y.)
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D. Utsunomiya
aFrom the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (T.H., M.K., A.S., Y.S., D.U., S.O., H.U., Y.Y.)
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S. Oda
aFrom the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (T.H., M.K., A.S., Y.S., D.U., S.O., H.U., Y.Y.)
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H. Uetani
aFrom the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (T.H., M.K., A.S., Y.S., D.U., S.O., H.U., Y.Y.)
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M. Morioka
bNeurosurgery (H.N., M.M.), Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Y. Yamashita
aFrom the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (T.H., M.K., A.S., Y.S., D.U., S.O., H.U., Y.Y.)
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Quantitative Blood Flow Measurements in Gliomas Using Arterial Spin-Labeling at 3T: Intermodality Agreement and Inter- and Intraobserver Reproducibility Study
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