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Using Magnetic Resonance Direct Thrombus Imaging To Diagnose Deep-Vein Thrombosis in the Lower Legs
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What is the problem and what is known about it so far?
Blood clots (thrombi) sometimes form in leg veins (deep-vein thrombosis, or DVT) and can then break free, eventually coming to rest in the …
