Accuracy of the diffusion approximation in determining the optical properties of a two-layer turbid medium

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 31, 1998, Pages 7401-7409

  Alexandrakis, George ^a   Farrell, Thomas J ^a   Patterson, Michael S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0001547657     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.007401     Document Type: Article

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