Noninvasive light-reflection technique for measuring soft-tissue stretch

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 31, 1999, Pages 6653-6660

  Federici, John F ^a   Guzelsu, Nejat ^c   Lim, Hee C ^a   Jannuzzi, Glen ^a   Findley, Tom ^b   Chaudhry, Hans R ^b   Ritter, Art A ^d  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ^*  (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0013062370     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.006653     Document Type: Article

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