New applications of fiberoptic IR spectroscopy in urologic practice

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4614, Issue , 2002, Pages 55-62

  Cytron, Shmuel ^a   Kravchick, Sergey ^a   Sela, Ben Ami ^a   Shulzinger, Evgeny ^a   Vasserman, Irena ^a   Raichlin, Yosef ^a   Katzir, Abraham ^a  

^a BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Infrared fibers; Infrared spectroscopy; Urinary salts; Urinary stones; Urine

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FIBER OPTICS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS;

URINARY SALTS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036400176     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.460781     Document Type: Conference Paper

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