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Non-Gaussian Analysis of Diffusion-Weighted MR Imaging in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Feasibility Study
  
    	
J.F.A. Jansen, H.E. Stambuk, J.A. Koutcher and A. Shukla-Dave

  
    	
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2010,  31 (4) 741-748; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1919 

  
  
  



  


  
  



			

		

	
	
 	
	  
  

		
		

			

			  

  
      
  
  

    
  


  
  



  
      
  
  

    

  

    

  
      
  
  

    
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