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Design of a dedicated circular coil for Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy studies in small phantoms and animal acquisition with a 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance clinical scanner Cover

Design of a dedicated circular coil for Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy studies in small phantoms and animal acquisition with a 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance clinical scanner

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|Dec 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2020-0032 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
Language: English
Page range: 269 - 276
Published on: Dec 24, 2020
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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