Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 10 , Pages 1196-1200 , October 2009

Effects of Iodinated Contrast Agent on Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  • Akio Ogura, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kyoto City Hospital, 2, Higashitakada-cho, Mibu, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
    • Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: A.O.
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  • Katsumi Hayakawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kyoto City Hospital, 2, Higashitakada-cho, Mibu, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Tosiaki Miyati, PhD, MDSc

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University
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  • Fumie Maeda, RT

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Kyoto City Hospital, 2, Higashitakada-cho, Mibu, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Received 16 January 2009 ,Accepted 28 March 2009.

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PII: S1076-6332(09)00256-6

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.03.021

Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 10 , Pages 1196-1200 , October 2009

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