Clinical Imaging
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 417-423 , November 2009

Analysis of the mismatched manifestation between rCBF and rCBV maps in cerebral astrocytomas

  • Chun-hong Hu

      Affiliations

    • Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No.188, Shizi Street, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province 215006, People's Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No. 188, Shizi Street, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, 215006, People's Republic of China. Tel.: +86 512 67780422.
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  • Xiang-ming Fang

      Affiliations

    • Imaging Center, Wuxi People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, No. 299, Qingyang Road, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province 214023, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Xiao-yun Hu

      Affiliations

    • Imaging Center, Wuxi People's Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, No. 299, Qingyang Road, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province 214023, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Lei Cui

      Affiliations

    • Imaging Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No.188, Shizi Street, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province 215006, People's Republic of China

Received 20 December 2008 ,Accepted 14 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2009.01.014

Clinical Imaging
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 417-423 , November 2009

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