Microwave applications in pathology

Microwave Applications in Pathology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-162

  Leong, Anthony S Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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