Physical principles of microbubble ultrasound contrast agents.

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Published in Am J Cardiol on November 18, 2002

Authors

Ajit Raisinghani1, Anthony N DeMaria

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiology, University of California at San Diego, 92103, USA.

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