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  1. Servizio di Fisica Sanitaria, Ospedale di Circolo -, Varese, Italy

    R. Novario & F. Tanzi

  2. S.M.E.-Diagnostica per Immagini -, Varese, Italy

    A. Goddi

  3. Università degli Studi dell’Insubria -, Varese, Italy

    L. Conte

  4. Unità di Fisica Medica, Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana -, Bellinzona, Switzerland

    G. Nicolini

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Novario, R., Goddi, A., Tanzi, F. et al. Physics and technology of medical diagnostic ultrasound. Riv. Nuovo Cim. 26, 1–64 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03548917

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