Characterization of post mortem arterial tissue using time-resolved photoacoustic spectroscopy at 436, 461 and 532 nm

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 177-198

  Beard, P C ^a   Mills, T N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

AORTA; ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CADAVER; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; INK; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 0031025483     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/1/012     Document Type: Article

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