Ultrasonic imaging based on measurements of viscoelastic hysteresis in soft tissue

Japanese Journal of Medical Electronics and Biological Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-305

  Nitta, Naotaka ^a   Shiina, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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