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Original Article

A Semiautomatic Procedure for Edge Detection of In Vivo Pulmonary Microvessels and Interstitial Space

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Pages 455-468 | Received 11 Nov 1995, Accepted 12 Aug 1997, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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