Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 7 , Pages 1046-1056 , July 2007

Quantitative Echography in the Follow-Up of Patients Treated with Proton-Beam Irradiation for Primary Choroidal Melanomas

  • Michele Boudinet

      Affiliations

    • CNRS, UMR7623 LIP, Paris, F-75006 France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, UMR 7623, Paris, F-75006, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Michèle Boudinet, Laboratoire d’Imagerie Paramétrique, UMR CNRS 7623, 15 rue de l’Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France.
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  • Olivier Berges

      Affiliations

    • Service de Radiologie, Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild, rue Manin, 75940 Paris Cedex 19, France
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  • Jean-Yves Le Huerou

      Affiliations

    • CNRS, UMR7623 LIP, Paris, F-75006 France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, UMR 7623, Paris, F-75006, France
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  • Livia Lumbroso-Le Rouic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ocular Oncology, Institut Curie, rue d’Ulm, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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  • Laurence Desjardins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ocular Oncology, Institut Curie, rue d’Ulm, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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  • Pascal Laugier

      Affiliations

    • CNRS, UMR7623 LIP, Paris, F-75006 France; Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, UMR 7623, Paris, F-75006, France

Received 12 October 2006 ,Revised 23 January 2007 ,Accepted 1 February 2007.

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