Use of polarized light to discriminate short-path photons in a multiply scattering medium

Applied Optics

Volumn 31, Issue 30, 1992, Pages 6535-6546

  Schmitt, J M ^a,b   Gandjbakhche, A H ^a,c   Bonner, R F ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Division of Computer Research and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Multiple scattering; Polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001683305     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.31.006535     Document Type: Article

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