Relative Recirculation Abnormalities in Collapsed Lung: A Metric For Vascular Tortuosity?
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C. K. Macgowan, S. Wu, R. Tessler, J. Belik, and A. Kassner Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Physiology and Experimental Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada, Pediatrics, Pontifcia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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