Optical diffusion of continuous-wave, pulsed, and density waves in scattering media and comparisons with radiative transfer

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 5313-5319

  Kim, Arnold D ^a   Ishimaru, Akira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

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EID: 0001599580     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.005313     Document Type: Article

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