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High-speed photography during ultrasound illustrates potential therapeutic applications of microbubbles

Michiel Postema1, Annemieke van Wamel, Folkert J ten Cate

  • 1Institute for Medical Engineering, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany. michiel.postema@rub.de

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