Computer simulation of time-resolved optical imaging of objects hidden in turbid media

Physics Report

Volumn 304, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 89-144

  Michielsen, K ^a   Raedt, H De ^a   Przeslawski, J ^b   Garcia, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

42.30. d; 87.59. e; Breast cancer; Diffusion equation; Time resolved imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004588899     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(98)00023-4     Document Type: Article

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