Contrast features of breast cancer in frequency-domain laser scanning mammography

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-136

  Thomas Moesta, K ^a   Fantini, Sergio ^b   Jess, Helge ^c   Totkas, Susan ^a   Franceschini, Maria A ^b   Kaschke, Michael ^c   Schlag, Peter M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm's diagnosis; Laser; Near infrared imaging

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; INFRARED IMAGING; LASER APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY;

LASER SCANNING MAMMOGRAPHY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032046884     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429869     Document Type: Article

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