Optical coherence propagation and imaging in a multiple scattering medium

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 180-191

  John, Sajeev ^a   Pang, Gendi ^a   Yang, Yumin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneity; Multiple light scattering; Optical tomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001311260     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.231369     Document Type: Article

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