Determination of the optical properties of semi-infinite turbid media from frequency-domain reflectance dose to the source

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1801-1819

  Kienle, Alwin ^a   Patterson, Michael S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

BIOPHYSICS; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; LIGHT; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0030757741     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/9/011     Document Type: Article

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