Imaging superficial tissues with polarized light

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-129

  Jacques, Steven L ^a,b,c   Roman, Jessica R ^a,b   Lee, Ken ^b  

^a PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oregon Medical Laser Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; Liver; Muscle; Polarized light; Polystyrene microspheres; Tissue optical properties

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DERMIS; IMAGING; LIGHT; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SWINE;

HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LASERS; LIGHT; LIVER; MICROSPHERES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OPTICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLYSTYRENES; SKIN;

EID: 0034000580     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(2000)26:2<119::AID-LSM3>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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