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Evaluation of the Sensitivity of Inhomogeneous Magnetization Transfer (ihMT) MRI for Multiple Sclerosis

E. Van Obberghen, S. Mchinda, A. le Troter, V.H. Prevost, P. Viout, M. Guye, G. Varma, D.C. Alsop, J.-P. Ranjeva, J. Pelletier, O. Girard and G. Duhamel
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2018, 39 (4) 634-641; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5563
E. Van Obberghen
aFrom Aix-Marseille Université (E.V.O., S.M., A.l.T., V.H.P., P.V., M.G., J.-P.R., J.P., O.G., G.D.), Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale (CRMBM), UMR 7339 Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Marseille, France
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S. Mchinda
aFrom Aix-Marseille Université (E.V.O., S.M., A.l.T., V.H.P., P.V., M.G., J.-P.R., J.P., O.G., G.D.), Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale (CRMBM), UMR 7339 Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Marseille, France
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A. le Troter
aFrom Aix-Marseille Université (E.V.O., S.M., A.l.T., V.H.P., P.V., M.G., J.-P.R., J.P., O.G., G.D.), Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale (CRMBM), UMR 7339 Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Marseille, France
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V.H. Prevost
aFrom Aix-Marseille Université (E.V.O., S.M., A.l.T., V.H.P., P.V., M.G., J.-P.R., J.P., O.G., G.D.), Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale (CRMBM), UMR 7339 Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Marseille, France
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P. Viout
aFrom Aix-Marseille Université (E.V.O., S.M., A.l.T., V.H.P., P.V., M.G., J.-P.R., J.P., O.G., G.D.), Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale (CRMBM), UMR 7339 Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Marseille, France
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M. Guye
aFrom Aix-Marseille Université (E.V.O., S.M., A.l.T., V.H.P., P.V., M.G., J.-P.R., J.P., O.G., G.D.), Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale (CRMBM), UMR 7339 Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Marseille, France
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G. Varma
bDepartment of Radiology (G.V., D.C.A.), Division of MR Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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D.C. Alsop
bDepartment of Radiology (G.V., D.C.A.), Division of MR Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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J.-P. Ranjeva
aFrom Aix-Marseille Université (E.V.O., S.M., A.l.T., V.H.P., P.V., M.G., J.-P.R., J.P., O.G., G.D.), Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale (CRMBM), UMR 7339 Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Marseille, France
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J. Pelletier
aFrom Aix-Marseille Université (E.V.O., S.M., A.l.T., V.H.P., P.V., M.G., J.-P.R., J.P., O.G., G.D.), Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale (CRMBM), UMR 7339 Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Marseille, France
cAix-Marseille University (J.P.), Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Hôpital de La Timone, Pôle de Neurosciences Cliniques, Service de Neurologie, Marseille, France.
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O. Girard
aFrom Aix-Marseille Université (E.V.O., S.M., A.l.T., V.H.P., P.V., M.G., J.-P.R., J.P., O.G., G.D.), Centre de Résonance Magnétique Biologique et Médicale (CRMBM), UMR 7339 Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Marseille, France
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G. Duhamel
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