Advances in ultrasound biomicroscopy

Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology - Tập 26 - Trang 1-27 - 2000
F.Stuart Foster1, Charles J Pavlin2, Kasia A Harasiewicz1, Donald A Christopher3, Daniel H Turnbull4
1Sunnybrook Health Science Centre and Department of Medical Biophysics Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5 Canada
2Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Ave, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5 Canada
3ATL Inc., Bothel, WA, USA
4Skirball Institute, New York University, New York, NY, USA

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