Depth profiling of absorbing soft materials using photoacoustic methods

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 989-996

  Viator, John A ^a,b,c,d   Jacques, Steven L ^{a,b,e,f,g,h,i}   Prahl, Scott A ^{a,b,g,i,j,k,l}  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oregon Medical Laser Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^l American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; BEER LAW; DEPTH PROFILE; ELASTIN;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ALGORITHMS; FREQUENCY DOUBLERS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; Q SWITCHED LASERS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT;

EID: 0033317092     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.796321     Document Type: Article

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