Characterization of female breasts in vivo by time resolved and spectroscopic measurements in near infrared spectroscopy

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 425-434

  Heusmann, Hans ^a   Kölzer, Jochen ^a   Mitic, Gerhard ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Near infrared spectroscopy; Optical tissue parameters; Time resolved measurements; Transillumination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000927376     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.250669     Document Type: Article

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