Time-resolved transillumination and optical tomography

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-17

  De Haller, Emmanuel B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contrast; Diaphanography; Image quality; Optical tomography; Resolution; Time of flight; Tissue optics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002531043     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.227112     Document Type: Article

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