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MR Thermography–Guided Head and Neck Lesion Laser Ablation

D.T. Ginat, S. Sammet and G. Christoforidis
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2018, 39 (9) 1593-1596; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5726
D.T. Ginat
aFrom the Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
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