Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 10 , Pages 1223-1230 , October 2009

Quantitative Analysis of Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI for Assessment of Bowel Inflammation in Crohn's Disease: Pilot Study

  • Aytekin Oto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, MC 2026, Chicago, IL 60637
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: A.O.
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  • Xiaobing Fan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, MC 2026, Chicago, IL 60637
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  • Devkumar Mustafi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, MC 2026, Chicago, IL 60637
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  • Sanaz A. Jansen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, MC 2026, Chicago, IL 60637
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  • Gregory S. Karczmar, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, MC 2026, Chicago, IL 60637
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  • David T. Rubin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, MC 2026, Chicago, IL 60637
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  • Arda Kayhan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Avenue, MC 2026, Chicago, IL 60637

Received 17 March 2009 ,Accepted 9 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.04.010

Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 10 , Pages 1223-1230 , October 2009

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