Why do veins appear blue? A new look at an old question

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1151-1160

  Kienle, Alwin ^a   Lilge, Lothar ^b   Vitkin, I Alex ^b   Patterson, Michael S ^c   Wilson, Brian C ^b   Hibst, Raimund ^a   Steiner, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

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EID: 0000633923     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.001151     Document Type: Article

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