Computer simulation of time-gated transillumination and reflection of biological tissues and tissuelike phantoms

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1688-1695

  Michielsen, K ^a   De Raedt, H ^a   Garcia N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diffusion equation; Optical transillumination; Time resolved imaging

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; OBJECT DETECTION; PHANTOMS; TRANSILLUMINATION;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; BREAST CANCER; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; MEASUREMENTS OF; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; TIME RESOLVED IMAGING; TIME-GATED TRANSILLUMINATION; TISSUE-LIKE PHANTOM;

BIOINFORMATICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; LIGHT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; TURBIDITY;

EID: 0030712959     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597955     Document Type: Article

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