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GB2507358B - Evaluation of imaging quality of medical diagnostic ultrasound scanners based upon void counting in a 3D volume using voids or low echoic cysts - Google Patents

Evaluation of imaging quality of medical diagnostic ultrasound scanners based upon void counting in a 3D volume using voids or low echoic cysts

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GB2507358B
GB2507358B GB1303335.2A GB201303335A GB2507358B GB 2507358 B GB2507358 B GB 2507358B GB 201303335 A GB201303335 A GB 201303335A GB 2507358 B GB2507358 B GB 2507358B
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Georg Doblhof Heer
James Coulthard Philip
Dragutin Satrapa Jaroslav
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