Time-resolved imaging on a realistic tissue phantom: μs• and μa images versus time-integrated images

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 4533-4540

  Cubeddu, R ^a   Pifferi, A ^a   Taroni, P ^a   Torricelli, A ^a   Valentini, G ^a  

^a Centro di Elettronica Quantistica e Strumentazione Elettronica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion theory; Optical imaging; Time resolved transmittance; Tissue phantom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000538055     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.004533     Document Type: Article

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