Passive Elastography : Tomography and Mechanical Characterization of Biological Tissue

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Characterization of Biological Tissue

Ali Zorgani

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Ali Zorgani. Passive Elastography : Tomography and Mechanical Characterization of Biological Tis-sue. Bioengineering. Université de Lyon, 2016. English. �NNT : 2016LYSE1191�. �tel-01561565�

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