Imaging in turbid media by photon density waves: Spatial resolution and scaling relations

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 64-74

  Wabnitz, H ^a   Rinneberg, H ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion approximation; Optical properties; Photon density waves; Spatial resolution; Time resolved imaging; Transillumination; Turbid media

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002637491     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.000064     Document Type: Article

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