Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 414-424 , March 2008

Noninvasive Estimation of Temperature Elevations in Biological Tissues Using Acoustic Nonlinearity Parameter Imaging

Received 11 October 2006 ,Revised 24 August 2007 ,Accepted 5 September 2007.

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Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 414-424 , March 2008

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