Quantitative measurement of optical parameters in normal breasts using time-resolved spectroscopy: In vivo results of 30 Japanese women

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 330-334

  Suzuki, Kazuiiori ^a   Yamashita, Yutaka ^b   Ohla, Kazuyoshi ^b   Kaneko, Masao ^a   Yoshicla, Masayuki ^a   Chance, Britton ^c  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption coefficient; Breast; Optical parameters; Time resolved spectroscopy; Transport scattering coefficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000291153     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.239902     Document Type: Article

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