Diffuse Optical Tomography of the Breast: Initial Validation in Benign Cysts
β Scribed by Stephanie van de Ven; Sjoerd Elias; Andrea Wiethoff; Marjolein van der Voort; Anais Leproux; Tim Nielsen; Bernhard Brendel; Leon Bakker; Martin van der Mark; Willem Mali; Peter Luijten
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 293 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1536-1632
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