Polarization-dependent characteristics and polarization gating in time-resolved optical imaging of skeletal muscle tissues

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 924-930

  Sun, Chia Wei ^b   Wang, Chih Yu ^c   Yang, C C ^b   Kiang, Yean Woei ^a,b   Lu, Chih Wei ^b   Hsu, I Jen ^b   Lin, Chii Wann ^b  

^a IEEE

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diffuse photon; Polarization gating; Skeletal muscle tissue; Snake photon; Time resolved imaging

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CAMERAS; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PHOTONS; TISSUE;

DIFFUSE PHOTON; OPTICAL IMAGING; POLARIZATION GATING; SKELETAL MUSCLE TISSUE; SNAKE PHOTON; TIME RESOLVE IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0035521089     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.983295     Document Type: Article

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