Ultraviolet-visible acousto-optic tunable spectroscopic imager for medical diagnosis

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 80-84

  Tang, G C ^a,b,c   Chen, J T ^c   Katz, Alvin ^c   Celmer, Edward J ^d   Krumm, Ronald W ^a,b   Alfano, R R ^c  

^a Mediscience Technology Corp   (United States)

^b Lasers Mediphotonics Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acousto optic tunable filter; Breast tissues; Diagnostic information; Fluorescence images

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL DEVICES; DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL FILTERS; TISSUE;

ACOUSTO-OPTIC TUNABLE FILTERS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031695985     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429864     Document Type: Article

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