Experimental tests of different solutions to the diffusion equation for optical characterization of scattering media by time-resolved transmittance

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 4228-4236

  Delfino, Ines ^a   Lepore, Maria ^a   Indovina, Pietro L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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EID: 0000771001     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.004228     Document Type: Article

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