Sources of contrast in confocal reflectance imaging

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 3441-3446

  Dunn, Andrew K ^a   Smithpeter, Colin ^a   Welch, A J ^a   Richards Kortum, Rebecca ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

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EID: 0000551630     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.003441     Document Type: Article

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