Single fiber laser-doppler flowmetry - Dependence on wavelength and tip optics

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 334-339

  Cai, Hongming ^a   Larsson, Sven Erik ^b   Ake Oberg P ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Orthopaedics ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Digital signal processor; Modified fiber tip; Monitored depth; Scattering image; Single optical fiber; Wavelength

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032115349     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.429892     Document Type: Article

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