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Incorporating Functional MR Imaging into Diffusion Tensor Tractography in the Preoperative Assessment of the Corticospinal Tract in Patients with Brain Tumors

M. Smits, M.W. Vernooij, P.A. Wielopolski, A.J.P.E. Vincent, G.C. Houston and A. van der Lugt
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2007, 28 (7) 1354-1361; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A0538
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Incorporating Functional MR Imaging into Diffusion Tensor Tractography in the Preoperative Assessment of the Corticospinal Tract in Patients with Brain Tumors
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2007, 28 (7) 1354-1361; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0538
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