Fluorescent heterogeneities in turbid media: Limits for detection, characterization, and comparison with absorption

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 28, 1998, Pages 6833-6844

  Li, Xingde ^a,b   Chance, Britton ^a,b   Yodh, Arjun G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001737480     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.006833     Document Type: Article

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