Optical properties of whole blood

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 106-111

  Sardar, D K ^a   Levy, L B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Argon laser; Blood; He Ne laser; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; BLOOD; GONIOMETRY; HELIUM NEON LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT SCATTERING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX;

EID: 0031850941     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101030050062     Document Type: Article

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