Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 39-51 , January 2003

High-frequency 3-D color-flow imaging of the microcirculation

  • David E. Goertz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Thorax Center, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Joanne L. Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Robert S. Kerbel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Peter N. Burns

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • F.Stuart Foster

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Mouse Imaging Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: F. Stuart Foster, Rm S-658, Research Building, Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Science Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M5 Canada.

Received 20 March 2002 ,Accepted 27 August 2002.

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Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 39-51 , January 2003

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