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Diffusion Measurements in Intracranial Hematomas: Implications for MR Imaging of Acute Stroke
Scott W. Atlas, Philip DuBois, Michael B. Singer and Dongfeng Lu
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2000, 21 (7) 1190-1194;
Scott W. Atlas
aFrom the Department of Radiology (S.W.A.), Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, and the Department of Radiology (S.W.A., P.D., M.B.S., D.L.), Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.
Philip DuBois
aFrom the Department of Radiology (S.W.A.), Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, and the Department of Radiology (S.W.A., P.D., M.B.S., D.L.), Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.
Michael B. Singer
aFrom the Department of Radiology (S.W.A.), Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, and the Department of Radiology (S.W.A., P.D., M.B.S., D.L.), Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.
Dongfeng Lu
aFrom the Department of Radiology (S.W.A.), Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, and the Department of Radiology (S.W.A., P.D., M.B.S., D.L.), Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY.

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