Fast algorithm to determine optical properties of a turbid medium from time-resolved measurements

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 31, 1998, Pages 7342-7351

  Wang, Ruikang K ^a   Wickramasinghe, Yapa A ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001359193     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.007342     Document Type: Article

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