Dual-wavelength time-resolved optical mammograph for clinical studies

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4431, Issue , 2001, Pages 195-198

  Cubeddu, Rinaldo ^a   Giambattistelli, Eleonora ^a   Pifferi, Antonio ^a   Taroni, Paola ^a   Torricelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mammography; Photon migration; Time resolved imaging

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PHOTONS; SCANNING;

PHOTON MIGRATION;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035759626     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.447422     Document Type: Conference Paper

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