The application of the Monte Carlo technique for estimation of the detector depth sensitivity for the skin oxygenation measurements

Monte Carlo Methods and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-25

  Meglinsky, I V ^a   Matcher, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b SARATOV STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0002336898     PISSN: 09299629     EISSN: 15693961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mcma.2000.6.1.15     Document Type: Article

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