Propagation of fluorescent light

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 166-178

  Welch, A J ^a,b   Gardner, Craig ^a,b   Richards Kortum, Rebecca ^a,b   Chan, Eric ^a,b   Criswell, Glen ^a,b   Pfefer, Josh ^a,b   Warren, Steve ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Light propagation; Monte Carlo; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; GEOMETRY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS;

EID: 0030795994     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)21:2<166::AID-LSM8>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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