Articular cartilage optical properties in the spectral rangE 300-850 NM

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 326-333

  Ebert, Daniel W ^a   Roberts, Cynthia ^a   Farrar, Stuart K ^a   Johnston, William M ^a   Litsky, Alan S ^a   Bertone, Alicia L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Intensity distribution; Kubelka Munk; Nonweight bearing; Penetration depth; Scattering; Weight bearing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032114754     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429893     Document Type: Article

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