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Electrical impedance tomography: looking behind the secrets of regional lung function

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  1. Sektion Anästhesiologische Pathophysiologie u. Verfahrensentwicklung Universitätsklinik für Anästhesiologie, Universität Ulm, Parkstrasse 11, 89070, Ulm, Germany

    Enrico Calzia

  2. Abteilung Anästhesiologische Forschung, Zentrum Anästhesiologie- Rettungs- und Intensivmedizin, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

    Günter Hahn & Gerhard Hellige

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Calzia, E., Hahn, G. & Hellige, G. Electrical impedance tomography: looking behind the secrets of regional lung function. Intensive Care Med 31, 1474–1475 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-005-2735-9

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