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Jin-Oh Hahn1, Guy A Dumont, J Mark Ansermino

  • 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G2G8 Canada. jinoh.hahn@alum.mit.edu

IEEE Transactions on Bio-Medical Engineering
|December 1, 2011
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