DEVELOPMENT OF A GENERIC ULTRASOUND VIBRO-ACOUSTIC IMAGING PLATFORM FOR TISSUE ELASTICITY AND VISCOSITY

YI WANG; SIPING CHEN; TIANFU WANG; TING ZHOU; QIAOLIANG LI; YI ZHENG; XIN CHEN

doi:10.1142/s1793545812500022

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