Cross-sectional imaging of absorption distribution in biological tissue using backscattered light

IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

Volumn E85-D, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 124-132

  Awata, Aki ^a   Kato, Yuji ^a   Shimizu, Koichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Backscattering; Biological body; CT; Diffuse media; Optical measurement

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMPULSE RESPONSE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTONS;

DIFFUSE MEDIA;

TISSUE;

EID: 0036456368     PISSN: 09168532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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