How to improve needle visibility

Atlas of Ultrasound-Guided Procedures in Interventional Pain Management

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 35-75

  Souzdalnitski, Dmitri ^a   Lerman, Imanuel ^a   Halaszynski, Thomas M ^b  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84870180029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1681-5_4     Document Type: Chapter

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