Dr. John Richard Alger M.D.
Plastic Surgeon | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
2323 CRYSTAL SPRINGS RD W UNIVERSITY PLACE WA, 98466About
Dr. John Alger is a cosmetic medicine and surgery specialist practicing in UNIVERSITY PLACE, WA. Dr. Alger specializes in the enhancement of appearance. Improving aesthetic, symmetry and proportion are key goals in cosmetic surgery. Cosmetic medicine has nothing to do with these specific areas not functioning properly; therefore, this elective field solely focuses on aesthetics and anti-aging.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Inverse correlation between choline magnetic resonance spectroscopy signal intensity and the apparent diffusion coefficient in human glioma.
- Brain imaging: the NMR revolution. Interview by Clare Thompson.
- Acquisition of electrophysiologic signals during magnetic resonance imaging.
- Lateralized and widespread brain activation during transient blood pressure elevation revealed by magnetic resonance imaging.
- Thrombolytic reversal of acute human cerebral ischemic injury shown by diffusion/perfusion magnetic resonance imaging.
- Regulatory, financial and ethical aspects of routine clinical magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
- Visualization of sleep influences on cerebellar and brainstem cardiac and respiratory control mechanisms.
- Tracking tumor growth rates in patients with malignant gliomas: a test of two algorithms.
- Relationships between choline magnetic resonance spectroscopy, apparent diffusion coefficient and quantitative histopathology in human glioma.
- Diffusion-perfusion MR evaluation of perihematomal injury in hyperacute intracerebral hemorrhage.
- Diffusion-perfusion MRI characterization of post-recanalization hyperperfusion in humans.
- Observations on the electrolyte and osmolal concentration changes of serum and urine in response to variable concentrations of intravenous sodium chloride, glucose and water in normal subjects.
- Mapping of brain tumor metabolites with proton MR spectroscopic imaging: clinical relevance.
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging responses to expiratory loading in obstructive sleep apnea.
- Hypercapnic exposure in congenital central hypoventilation syndrome reveals CNS respiratory control mechanisms.
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