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Forensic Application of Postmortem Diffusion-Weighted and Diffusion Tensor MR Imaging of the Human Brain in Situ
  
    	
E. Scheurer, K.-O. Lovblad, R. Kreis, S.E. Maier, C. Boesch, R. Dirnhofer and K. Yen

  
    	
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2011,  32 (8) 1518-1524; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2508 

  
  
  



  


  
  



			

		

	
	
 	
	  
  

		
		

			

			  

  
      
  
  

    
  


  
  



  
      
  
  

    

  

    

  
      
  
  

    
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