Evaluation of spatial resolution as a function of thickness for time- resolved optical imaging of highly scattering media

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 361-368

  Hall, David J ^a   Hebden, Jeremy C ^a   Delpy, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breast imaging; optical imaging; spatial resolution; temporal extrapolation; time of flight

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; PHOTONS;

BREAST IMAGING; OPTICAL IMAGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL EXTRAPOLATIONS; TIME OF FLIGHT;

IMAGE RESOLUTION;

ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; COMPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030956524     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597904     Document Type: Article

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