Identification and Quantification of Intrinsic Optical Contrast for Near-infrared Mammography

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 4-14

  Quaresima, Valentina ^a   Matcher, Stephen J ^b   Ferrari, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; BREAST; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; BODY WATER; BREAST; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MAMMOGRAPHY; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 0031608623     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb05159.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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