Ultrasonic colour Doppler imaging

Interface Focus

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 490-502

  Evans, David H ^a   Jensen, Jørgen Arendt ^b   Nielsen, Michael Bachmann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Clinical applications; Imaging; Ultrasonic colour Doppler

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860913077     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0017     Document Type: Review

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