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Temporal and Spatial Variances in Arterial Spin-Labeling Are Inversely Related to Large-Artery Blood Velocity

A.D. Robertson, G. Matta, V.S. Basile, S.E. Black, C.K. Macgowan, J.A. Detre and B.J. MacIntosh
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2017, 38 (8) 1555-1561; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5257
A.D. Robertson
aFrom the Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery (A.D.R., G.M., S.E.B., B.J.M.)
bHurvitz Brain Sciences (A.D.R., S.E.B., B.J.M.), Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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G. Matta
aFrom the Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery (A.D.R., G.M., S.E.B., B.J.M.)
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V.S. Basile
cDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine (V.S.B., S.E.B.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
dMackenzie Health (V.S.B.), Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
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S.E. Black
aFrom the Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery (A.D.R., G.M., S.E.B., B.J.M.)
bHurvitz Brain Sciences (A.D.R., S.E.B., B.J.M.), Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
cDivision of Neurology, Department of Medicine (V.S.B., S.E.B.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
eL.C. Campbell Cognitive Neurology Research Unit (S.E.B.), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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C.K. Macgowan
fHospital for Sick Children (C.K.M.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
gDepartment of Medical Biophysics (C.K.M., B.J.M.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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J.A. Detre
hDepartment of Neurology (J.A.D.), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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B.J. MacIntosh
aFrom the Heart and Stroke Foundation Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery (A.D.R., G.M., S.E.B., B.J.M.)
bHurvitz Brain Sciences (A.D.R., S.E.B., B.J.M.), Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
gDepartment of Medical Biophysics (C.K.M., B.J.M.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Temporal and Spatial Variances in Arterial Spin-Labeling Are Inversely Related to Large-Artery Blood Velocity
American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2017, 38 (8) 1555-1561; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5257

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American Journal of Neuroradiology Aug 2017, 38 (8) 1555-1561; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A5257
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