Ultrasound in dermatology - Basic principles and applications

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 632-638

  Rallan, D ^a   Harland, C C ^a  

^a ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

A SCAN; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BRIGHTNESS; DERMIS; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGING; INFLAMMATION; LIGHT DAMAGE; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; SKIN TUMOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRANSDUCER; XERORADIOGRAPHY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORECASTING; HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242574576     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2003.01405.x     Document Type: Article

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