Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 693-717 , May 2008

Simulation and Validation of Arterial Ultrasound Imaging and Blood Flow

  • Peter R. Hoskins

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: P. R. Hoskins, Medical Physics Section, University of Edinburgh, Chancellors Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SB, UK.

Received 21 August 2007 ,Revised 18 October 2007 ,Accepted 26 October 2007.

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