Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 288-293 , July 2011

Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging of benign prostatic tissue: findings at 3.0 T compared to 1.5 T—initial experience

Received 11 May 2010 ,Accepted 10 July 2010.

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☆ ACW was supported by NIBIB T32 training grant 1 T32 EB001631.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2010.07.005

Clinical Imaging
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 288-293 , July 2011

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