Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 493-499 , April 2007

The Vascularisation of Oral Cavity Tumours and Tumour Shell Tissue Determined by Three-Dimensional Power Doppler Sonography

  • Janez Rebol

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Janez Rebol, MD, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery, Maribor University Hospital, Ljubljanska 5, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.

Received 19 June 2006 ,Revised 26 September 2006 ,Accepted 5 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.10.011

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 493-499 , April 2007

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