The Worldwide Digital Divide: Information Poverty, the Internet and Development
Published 1 January 2000
Pippa Norris
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The derived apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) could be a useful quantitative biomarker for malignant growth, but lacks acceptance because of low reproducibility.
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