Diagnostic Ultrasound

Webb's Physics of Medical Imaging, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 351-486

  Bamber, J C ^a   Miller, N R ^b   Tristam, M ^b  

^a Hewlett Packard Medical Products Group   (United States)

^b Joint Department of Physics   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85130195938     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b12218-15     Document Type: Chapter

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