Estimation of quasi-straightforward propagating light in tissues

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1669-1676

  Chen, Nan Guang ^a   Bai, Jing ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0011343831     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/7/307     Document Type: Article

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