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Quantitative MRI for Analysis of Active Multiple Sclerosis Lesions without Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agent

I. Blystad, I. Håkansson, A. Tisell, J. Ernerudh, Ö. Smedby, P. Lundberg and E.-M. Larsson
American Journal of Neuroradiology January 2016, 37 (1) 94-100; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4501
I. Blystad
aFrom the Departments of Radiology and Medical and Health Sciences (I.B., Ö.S.)
bCentre for Medical Image Science and Visualization (I.B., A.T., Ö.S., P.L., E.-M.L.)
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I. Håkansson
cDepartments of Neurology and Clinical and Experimental Medicine (I.H.)
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A. Tisell
bCentre for Medical Image Science and Visualization (I.B., A.T., Ö.S., P.L., E.-M.L.)
dDepartments of Radiation Physics and Medical and Health Sciences (A.T., P.L., E.-M.L.)
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J. Ernerudh
eDepartments of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine and Clinical and Experimental Medicine (J.E.), Linköping University, Linköping Sweden
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Ö. Smedby
aFrom the Departments of Radiology and Medical and Health Sciences (I.B., Ö.S.)
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P. Lundberg
bCentre for Medical Image Science and Visualization (I.B., A.T., Ö.S., P.L., E.-M.L.)
dDepartments of Radiation Physics and Medical and Health Sciences (A.T., P.L., E.-M.L.)
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E.-M. Larsson
bCentre for Medical Image Science and Visualization (I.B., A.T., Ö.S., P.L., E.-M.L.)
dDepartments of Radiation Physics and Medical and Health Sciences (A.T., P.L., E.-M.L.)
fDepartment of Surgical Sciences/Radiology (E.-M.L.), Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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