Limitations in measurement of subsurface temperatures using pulsed photothermal radiometry

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 251-261

  Sathyam, Ujwal S ^a,b,c   Prahl, Scott A ^a,b  

^a Oregon Medical Laser Center   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbing; Black body radiation; Buried; Depth; Infrared; Inverse; Layer; Scattering; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LASER PULSES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SKIN; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TISSUE;

BLACK BODY RADIATION; PULSED PHOTOTHERMAL RADIOMETRY; SINGULAR VALVE DECOMPOSITION;

RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0031191790     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.275218     Document Type: Article

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