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Influence of selected b values on ADC quantification in diffusion-weighted MRI. Comment on Punwani et al.: Diffusion-weighted MRI of lymphoma: prognostic utility and implications for PET/MRI?

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Priola, A.M., Priola, S.M. Influence of selected b values on ADC quantification in diffusion-weighted MRI. Comment on Punwani et al.: Diffusion-weighted MRI of lymphoma: prognostic utility and implications for PET/MRI?. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 40, 1108–1109 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-013-2390-2

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