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Simulation guided design of a cryogenic probe for micrometer-scale in vivo MR imaging

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Simulation guided design of a cryogenic probe for micrometer-scale in vivo MR imaging. / Hu, B.; Glover, P.; Benson, T.
Computational Problem-Solving (ICCP), 2011 International Conference on. IEEE, 2011. p. 647-651.

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Hu, B, Glover, P & Benson, T 2011, Simulation guided design of a cryogenic probe for micrometer-scale in vivo MR imaging. in Computational Problem-Solving (ICCP), 2011 International Conference on. IEEE, pp. 647-651, Computational Problem-Solving (ICCP), 2011 International Conference on, Chongqing, China, 21/10/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCPS.2011.6092259

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Hu, B., Glover, P., & Benson, T. (2011). Simulation guided design of a cryogenic probe for micrometer-scale in vivo MR imaging. In Computational Problem-Solving (ICCP), 2011 International Conference on (pp. 647-651). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCPS.2011.6092259

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Hu B, Glover P, Benson T. Simulation guided design of a cryogenic probe for micrometer-scale in vivo MR imaging. In Computational Problem-Solving (ICCP), 2011 International Conference on. IEEE. 2011. p. 647-651 doi: 10.1109/ICCPS.2011.6092259

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Hu, B. ; Glover, P. ; Benson, T. / Simulation guided design of a cryogenic probe for micrometer-scale in vivo MR imaging. Computational Problem-Solving (ICCP), 2011 International Conference on. IEEE, 2011. pp. 647-651

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