Laser transillumination of breast tissue phantoms using time-resolved techniques

European Radiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 387-392

  Jarlman, O ^a   Berg, R ^b   Andersson Engels, S ^b   Svanberg, S ^b   Pettersson, H ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast; Time resolve; Transillumination measurements

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LASER; METHODOLOGY;

BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSILLUMINATION;

EID: 0029685187     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00180619     Document Type: Article

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