Optical scattering properties of soft tissue: A discrete particle model

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2788-2797

  Schmitt, Joseph M ^a   Kumar, Gitesh ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

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EID: 0000858815     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.002788     Document Type: Article

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