Effects of light losses in double integrating spheres on optical properties estimation

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 944-947

  De Vries, G ^a,b,d   Beek, J F ^b   Lucassen, G W ^b,c,e,f   Van Gemert, M J C ^a,b,g,h  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^f EARS Company   (Netherlands)

^g St Joseph Hospital   (Netherlands)

^h Delft University of Technology ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; COLLIMATED TRANSMITTANCE; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; DOUBLE INTEGRATING SPHERES; INVERSE ADDING DOUBLING; INVERSE MONTE CARLO; LIGHT LOSSES; SCATTERING COEFFICIENT; TISSUE OPTICS;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTICS; PHOTONS; TISSUE;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 0033336667     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.796315     Document Type: Article

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