Three–dimensional autofluorescence spectroscopy of rat skeletal muscle tissue under two–photon excitation

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 720-723

  Schilders, Steven P ^a   Gu, Min ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0001257138     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.000720     Document Type: Article

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