Quantitative Characterization of Tissue Using Ultrasound

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1980, Pages 1168-1175

  Jones, Joie Pierce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0019031824     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.1980.4330988     Document Type: Article

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