Vortex ring phantom for investigation of ultrasound vector flow imaging

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Vortex ring phantom for investigation of ultrasound

vector flow imaging

E. Badescu, S. Ambrogio, J. Fenner, H. Liebgott, D. Friboulet, David Garcia

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