Depolarization of autofluorescence from malignant and normal human breast tissues

Applied Optics

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1147-1154

  Mohanty, Samarendra K ^a   Ghosh, Nirmalya ^a   Majumder, Shovan K ^a   Gupta, Pradeep K ^a  

^a RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; SCATTERING; TISSUE;

HUMAN BREAST TISSUES;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0000103958     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.40.001147     Document Type: Article

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