Near-infrared optical properties of ex vivo human skin and subcutaneous tissues measured using the Monte Carlo inversion technique

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2465-2478

  Simpson, C Rebecca ^a,c   Kohl, Matthias ^a,d   Essenpreis, Matthias ^b   Cope, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c Sira Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SKIN CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

BIOPHYSICS; DERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 0031711208     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/9/003     Document Type: Article

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