Detection and characterization of optical inhomogeneities with diffuse photon density waves: A signal-to-noise analysis

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-92

  Boas, D A ^a,b,c,d   O'Leary M A ^a,b,c   Chance, B ^a,c   Yodh, A G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b The Department of Physics   (United States)

^c The Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONS; SHOT NOISE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

BRAIN BLEEDS; DIFFUSE PHOTON DENSITY WAVE; MODULATION FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL INHOMOGENEITIES; TUMORS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0030736957     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.000075     Document Type: Article

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