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Diffusion-weighted MRI: a new functional clinical technique for tumour imaging

¹Department of Radiology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 9PT, ²Mount Vernon Hospital, The Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood, Middlesex HA6 2RN, UK

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Published Online:28 Jan 2014https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr/29739265

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Volume 79, Issue 944August 2006

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RevisedMay 19,2006
ReceivedMarch 30,2006
AcceptedMay 30,2006
Published onlineJanuary 28,2014

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