Visibility enhancement of fluorescent objects hidden in animal tissues using spectral fluorescence difference method

Optics Communications

Volumn 147, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 11-15

  Wang, W B ^a   Demos, S G ^a,b   Ali, J ^a   Zhang, G ^a   Alfano, R R ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; TISSUE; VISIBILITY;

CARDIO GREEN DYES; SPECTRAL FLUORESCENCE DIFFERENCE IMAGING (SFDI) METHOD;

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0031997057     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00656-1     Document Type: Article

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