Contrast in Intracardiac Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Images of Radiofrequency Ablation Lesions

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عنوان ژورنال: Ultrasonic Imaging

سال: 2014

ISSN: 0161-7346,1096-0910

DOI: 10.1177/0161734613519602