Coronary angioscopy: From tissue imaging to molecular imaging

Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 284-292

  Uchida, Yasumi ^a  

^a Japan Research Foundation of Prediction   (Japan)

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EID: 77956642065     PISSN: 19419066     EISSN: 19419074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12410-009-0033-6     Document Type: Article

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