Label-free high-resolution imaging of prostate glands and cavernous nerves using coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy.
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SUBMITTER: Gao L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3072130 | biostudies-other | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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