Screening and quantification of the tumor microenvironment with micro-ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging

Nature Methods

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages III-V

  Lakshman, Minalini ^a   Needles, Andrew ^a  

^a FUJIFILM VisualSonics Inc ^*  (Canada)

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EID: 85136022734     PISSN: 15487091     EISSN: 15487105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NMETH.F.381     Document Type: Note

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