Gradient- and Spin-echo (GRASE) MR Imaging: a Long-existing Technology That May Find Wide Applications in Modern Era

Overview

Journal Quant Imaging Med Surg

Specialty Radiology

Date 2019 Nov 1

PMID 31667134

Citations 9

Authors

Mei-Lan Chu

Cheng-Ping Chien

Wen-Chau Wu

Hsiao-Wen Chung

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