Medical ultrasonic diagnostics

Physical Acoustics

Volumn 23, Issue C, 1999, Pages

  Goldstein, Albert ^a   Powis, Raymond L ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Education and Research   (United States)

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EID: 0242623992     PISSN: 0893388X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-388X(99)80012-8     Document Type: Chapter

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