Functional infrared imaging in clinical applications

Medical Devices and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 32-1-32-15

  Merla, Arcangelo ^a,b   Romani, Gian Luca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

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