Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 4 , Pages 370-375 , April 2007

T2 relaxometry of ring lesions of the brain

  • P.N. Jayakumar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences, Bangalore, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: P.N. Jayakumar, Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health & NeuroSciences, Bangalore-560 029, India. Tel.: +91 80 6995424; fax: +91 80 6644920.
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  • S.G. Srikanth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences, Bangalore, India
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  • H.S. Chandrashekar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences, Bangalore, India
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  • D.K. Subbakrishna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, National Institute of Mental Health and NeuroSciences, Bangalore, India

Received 24 February 2005 ,Revised 20 August 2006 ,Accepted 29 September 2006.

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PII: S0009-9260(06)00327-8

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.09.017

Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 4 , Pages 370-375 , April 2007

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