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Delayed Gadolinium Leakage in Ocular Structures on Brain MR Imaging: Prevalence and Associated Factors

Richard Olatunji, Timothy Reynold Lim, Blair Jones, Monica Tafur, Shobhit Mathur, Amy W. Lin, Aditya Bharatha and Suradech Suthiphosuwan
American Journal of Neuroradiology December 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8073
Richard Olatunji
aFrom the Division of Diagnostic Neuroradiology (R.O., T.R.L., S.M., A.W.L., A.B., S.S.), Department of Medical Imaging, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
bDepartment of Radiology (R.O.), University College Hospital, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Timothy Reynold Lim
aFrom the Division of Diagnostic Neuroradiology (R.O., T.R.L., S.M., A.W.L., A.B., S.S.), Department of Medical Imaging, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Blair Jones
cDepartment of Data Science (B.J.), St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Monica Tafur
dDivision of Abdominal and Breast Imaging (M.T.), Department of Medical Imaging, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Shobhit Mathur
aFrom the Division of Diagnostic Neuroradiology (R.O., T.R.L., S.M., A.W.L., A.B., S.S.), Department of Medical Imaging, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
eMedical Imaging Office of Research & Innovation (S.M.), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Amy W. Lin
aFrom the Division of Diagnostic Neuroradiology (R.O., T.R.L., S.M., A.W.L., A.B., S.S.), Department of Medical Imaging, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Aditya Bharatha
aFrom the Division of Diagnostic Neuroradiology (R.O., T.R.L., S.M., A.W.L., A.B., S.S.), Department of Medical Imaging, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Suradech Suthiphosuwan
aFrom the Division of Diagnostic Neuroradiology (R.O., T.R.L., S.M., A.W.L., A.B., S.S.), Department of Medical Imaging, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Richard Olatunji, Timothy Reynold Lim, Blair Jones, Monica Tafur, Shobhit Mathur, Amy W. Lin, Aditya Bharatha, Suradech Suthiphosuwan
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Dec 2023, DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A8073
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