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  1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

    Cynthia B. Paschal (Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering, Associate Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences)

  2. Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA

    Cynthia B. Paschal (Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering, Associate Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences)

  3. Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Nashville, TN, USA

    Cynthia B. Paschal (Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering, Associate Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences)

  4. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

    Kathy R. Nightingale

  5. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Kristina M. Ropella

  6. Vanderbilt University, 5824 Stevenson Center, Box 351631-B, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA

    Cynthia B. Paschal (Associate Professor & Director of Undergraduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering, Associate Professor of Radiology & Radiological Sciences)

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Paschal, C.B., Nightingale, K.R. & Ropella, K.M. Undergraduate Biomedical Imaging Education. Ann Biomed Eng 34, 232–238 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-005-9031-2

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