Editorial on the Special Issue of Applied Sciences on the Topic of Elastography
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Dietrich, C.F.; Bamber, J.C. Editorial on the Special Issue of Applied Sciences on the Topic of Elastography. Appl. Sci. 2018, 8, 1232. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8081232
Dietrich CF, Bamber JC. Editorial on the Special Issue of Applied Sciences on the Topic of Elastography. Applied Sciences. 2018; 8(8):1232. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8081232
Chicago/Turabian StyleDietrich, Christoph F., and Jeffrey C. Bamber. 2018. "Editorial on the Special Issue of Applied Sciences on the Topic of Elastography" Applied Sciences 8, no. 8: 1232. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8081232