Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 8 , Pages 1236-1243 , August 2007

Sensitive Ultrasonic Detection of Dystrophic Skeletal Muscle in Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Using an Entropy-Based Signal Receiver

Received 3 October 2006 ,Revised 5 January 2007 ,Accepted 9 February 2007.

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