Ultrasound absorption and entropy production in biological tissue: A novel approach to anticancer therapy

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Luo, Liaofu ^a   Molnar, Joseph ^b   Ding, Hui ^a   Lv, Xiaogui ^a   Spengler, Gabriella ^b  

^a INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

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EID: 34248181021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-1-35     Document Type: Article

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