Spatially resolved absolute diffuse reflectance measurements for noninvasive determination of the optical scattering and absorption coefficients of biological tissue

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 2304-2314

  Kienle, Alwin ^a   Lilge, Lothar ^b   Patterson, Michael S ^b   Hibst, Raimund ^a   Steiner, Rudolf ^a   Wilson, Brian C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; Neural network; Reflectance; Tissue optics

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; OPTICAL TESTING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REFLECTOMETERS; TISSUE;

ADIPOSE; BOVINE MUSCLE; CHICKEN MUSCLE; LIVER; PHANTOMS; REFLECTANCE MEASUREMENT; SPATIALLY RESOLVED ABSOLUTE DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 0030150929     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.002304     Document Type: Article

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