In vivo measurements of the wavelength dependence of tissue-scattering coefficients between 760 and 900 nm measured with time-resolved spectroscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 386-396

  Matcher, S J ^a,b   Cope, M ^a   Delpy, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Time resolved spectroscopy; Tissue optical properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001329554     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.000386     Document Type: Article

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