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Hyperthermic teratogenicity, thermal dose and diagnostic ultrasound during pregnancy: implications of new standards on tissue heating

M. W. Miller Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642-0001, USA
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W. L. Nyborg Department of Physics, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405-0001, USA
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W. C. Dewey Radiation Oncology Research Laboratory, University of California at San Francisco, 1855 Folsom Street, MCB 200, San Francisco, CA 94103-0806, USA
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M. J. Edwards Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Sydney and University of New South Wales, School of Anatomy, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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J. S. Abramowicz Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Radiology, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642-0001, USA
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A. A. Brayman Center for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound, Applied Physics Laboratory, 1013 NE 40th Street, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105-6698, USA
Pages 361-384 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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