Picosecond grating spectroscopy for characterizing the acoustic properties of biological material

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1660-1666

  Lamb, Don C ^a,b,c   Lin, Gloria C ^a,d   Doukas, Apostolos G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Neutrogina Corporation   (United States)

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EID: 0013220520     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.001660     Document Type: Article

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