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A New System for Quantitative Ultrasonic Breast Imaging of Acoustic and Elastic Parameters

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Krueger, M. et al. (2002). A New System for Quantitative Ultrasonic Breast Imaging of Acoustic and Elastic Parameters. In: Lee, H. (eds) Acoustical Imaging. Acoustical Imaging, vol 24. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47108-6_36

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