Gated frequency-resolved optical imaging with an optical parametric amplifier for medical applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2679, Issue , 1996, Pages 195-203

  Cameron, Stewart M ^a   Bliss, David F ^a   Kimmel, M W ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic imaging; Optical parametric amplification; Spectral imaging; Tissue diagnostics; Wavefront sensing

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; BENCHMARKING; BIOPSY; GATES (TRANSISTOR); IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LASER BEAMS; LASER DIAGNOSTICS; LASERS; LIGHT; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS; PARAMETRIC DEVICES; PHOTONS; PULSE GENERATORS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SENSORS; TISSUE; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVEFRONTS;

BALLISTIC IMAGING; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; SPECTRAL IMAGING; TISSUE DIAGNOSTICS; WAVEFRONT SENSING;

AMPLIFICATION;

EID: 0000947504     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.237589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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