Study on the propagation of ultra-short pulse light in cylindrical optical phantoms

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2747-2763

  Sassaroli, A ^a   Martelli, F ^a   Imai, D ^a   Yamada, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; MODEL; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032753184     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/11/305     Document Type: Article

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