Improved solutions of the steady-state and the time-resolved diffusion equations for reflectance from a semi-infinite turbid medium

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 246-254

  Kienle, Alwin ^a   Patterson, Michael S ^a  

^a JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; LIGHT; MATHEMATICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

DIFFUSION; LIGHT; MATHEMATICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0030638124     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.14.000246     Document Type: Article

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